STAND. COM. REP. NO.  463-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 3326

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 3326 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to streamline the certificate of need (CON) process and give more decision-making power to regions in the CON process by establishing regional councils in place of subarea councils, the statewide council, and the CON review panel.

     The Maui County Health Initiative Task Force and several concerned individuals supported this bill.  The Department of Health supported the intent of this measure.  The Healthcare Association of Hawaii and Liberty Dialysis-Hawaii Region opposed this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing the effective date to January 1, 2050, 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 H.B. No. 3326, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3326, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

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JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Chair