STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1197-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2768

      S.D. 2

 

 

 

 

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 S.B. No. 2768, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST THE MAUI REGION OF THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure quality health care on the island of Maui by authorizing the issuance of $150,000,000 in revenue bonds for a Heart, Brain, and Spine Center at the Maui Memorial Medical Menter.

 

     The Maui Memorial Medical Center and Healthcare Association of Hawaii supported this bill.

 

     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. 2768, S.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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