STAND. COM. REP. NO.  839-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3161

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 3161 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN EMERGENCY APPROPRIATION TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to enable the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation's (HHSC) medical facilities to continue to provide needed services to the community by appropriating $14,000,000 in emergency funding for fiscal year 2007-2008 to pay vendors and service providers.

     Pursuant to the requirements set forth in Article VII, Section 9, of the Hawaii State Constitution, the Governor, in her Governor's Message No. 242 to the Legislature, requested immediate consideration and passage of this bill by the Legislature citing an existing critical funding shortage.

     HHSC, its Corporate Board of Directors and Finance Information Systems and Audit Committee, Maui Memorial Medical Center, Hilo Medical Center, Hawaii County Council, Faith in Action for Community Equity, and Hawaii Government Employees Association testified in support of this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3161 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair