Report Title:

Hawaii Health Systems Corporation; Board Membership

Description:

Alters Hawaii health systems corporation board membership by having governor appoint 10 members, 5 each from nominees by house speaker and senate president (3 nominees per position).  Increases physician member term from 2 to 4 years; alters manner of appointment.  Eliminates regional committees' advisory capacity to the governor concerning nominees for the board.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	950
TWENTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE, 2007
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to the hawaii health systems corporation.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  Section 323F-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  [Ten members of the corporation board shall be appointed by the governor as follows:

(1) One member from region I who resides in the city and county of Honolulu;

(2) One member from region II who resides in the county of Kauai;

(3) One member from region III who resides in the county of Maui;

(4) One member from region IV who resides in the eastern section of the county of Hawaii;

(5) One member from region V who resides in the western section of the county of Hawaii;

(6) One member from region II who resides in the county of Kauai or from region III who resides in the district of Hana or on the island of Lanai; provided that in no event shall the member be appointed from the same region for two consecutive terms; and

(7) Four at-large members who reside in the State.]

Five members of the board shall be appointed by the governor as provided in section 26-34 from a list of three candidates nominated for each position by the president of the senate, and five members shall be appointed by the governor as provided in section 26-34 from a list of three candidates nominated for each position by the speaker of the house of representatives; provided that the members of the board shall include at least one member from each of the five regions of the corporation.

     The eleventh member shall be the chairperson of the executive public health facility management advisory committee, who shall serve as an ex officio, voting member.

     The twelfth member, who shall serve as a voting member, shall be a physician with active medical staff privileges at one of the corporation's public health facilities.  The physician member shall serve a term of [two] four years.  [The initial physician member shall be from region II, and subsequent physician members shall come from regions IV, III, and V respectively.  The physician member position shall continue to rotate in this order.] The physician member shall be [appointed] nominated by any physician with active medical staff privileges at any of the corporation's public health facilities and shall be elected to the corporation board [by a simple majority vote of the members of the executive public health facility management advisory committee from a list of qualified nominees submitted by the public health facility management advisory committee for the region from which the physician member is to be chosen.] by a majority vote of the physicians with active medical staff privileges at one of the corporation's public health facilities.  If for any reason a physician member is unable to serve a full term, the remainder of that term shall be filled by a physician [from the same region.] nominated and elected as provided in this subsection.

     The thirteenth member shall be the director of health or the director's designee, who shall serve as an ex officio, voting member.

     [Appointments to the corporation board, with the exception of the chairperson of the executive public health facility management advisory committee and the regional physician member, shall be made by the governor, subject to confirmation by the senate pursuant to section 26-34.  Prior to the transfer date, the public health facility management advisory committees appointed pursuant to section 323-66 for each county may recommend names to the governor for each position on the corporation board designated for a region which corresponds to its county.  After the transfer date, the public health facility management advisory committees appointed pursuant to section 323F-10 for each region may make such recommendations to the governor.] The appointed board members shall serve for a term of four years; provided that upon the initial appointment of the first ten members:

     (1)  Two at-large members shall be appointed for a term of two years;

     (2)  Three at-large members shall be appointed for a term of three years; and

     (3)  Five regional members shall be appointed for a term of four years.

Any vacancy shall be filled in the same manner provided for the original appointments.  The corporation board shall elect its own chair from among its members."

     SECTION 2.  Section 323F-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  Each regional committee shall sit in an advisory capacity to the chief executive officer on matters concerning the formulation of regional operational and capital improvement budgets, and the planning, construction, improvement, maintenance, and operation of public health facilities within its respective jurisdiction [and shall sit in an advisory capacity to the governor on matters concerning the nominees for positions on the corporation board].  Nothing in this section shall be construed as precluding or preventing the committees from coordinating their efforts and activities with the facility administrators within their counties."

     SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

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