STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1224

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.B. No. 1253

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 1253 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION CONTRACTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is increase efficiency in providing health care services in our State managed hospitals by allowing an exemption from various State contracting laws for the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation (HHSC) to allow them to remain viable and respond to the specific needs of the communities they serve.

     HHSC, Hilo Medical Center, and Ka‘u Hospital supported this bill.  The State Procurement Office did not support this measure.  The American Institute of Architects Hawaii State Council, Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc., and Coalition of Hawaii Engineering and Architectural Professionals opposed this bill.  The Department of Accounting and General Services submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1253, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1253, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Economic Development & Business Concerns.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

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JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Chair