Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Health and Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 827 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to transfer the functions, authority, and employee positions of the Department of Public Safety relating to uniformed security employees and security contracts for the health facilities of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.

The Department of Public Safety and Hawaii Health Systems Corporation submitted testimony in support of this measure.

Your Committees find that currently the Department of Public Safety is contracted to provide the security for Maui Memorial Medical Center. All other Hawaii Health Systems Corporation facilities utilize private vendor-operated, contract security officers. This measure will transfer the functions, authority, and nine employee positions to Hawaii Health Systems Corporation. The transfer of this security force will facilitate more efficient supervision, management, and control of these security personnel for the center's administrative and operational requirements.

Your Committees note that Hawaii Health Systems Corporation is not contemplating replacing the civil service employees with contract employees upon their transfer.

Your Committees have amended this measure by making technical, non-substantive amendments for clarity and style.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 827, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 827, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.