STAND. COM. REP. NO.  2118

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   S.C.R. No. 199

      S.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.C.R. No. 199, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO EXPAND AND EXTEND ITS CURRENT LAND LEASE WITH LEAHI HOSPITAL TO FACILITATE CAMPUS-WIDE MASTER PLANNING AND LONG TERM DEVELOPMENT OF GERIATRIC AND LONG-TERM HEALTH CARE SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to address long-term care needs while incorporating complementary services and medical training partnerships by requesting the University of Hawaii to expand and extend its current land lease with Leahi Hospital to facilitate campus-wide master planning and long term development of geriatric and long-term health care services.

     The Leahi Hospital supported this measure. The University of Hawaii provided comments on this resolution.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 199, S.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Higher Education.

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

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JOHN MIZUNO, Acting Chair and Vice Chair