STAND. COM. REP. NO.  186-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2094

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2094 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF SPECIAL PURPOSE REVENUE BONDS TO ASSIST HAWAII PACIFIC HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to support healthcare in Hawaii and to strengthen the state's hospital system by allowing the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist Hawaii Pacific Health in financing, refinancing, or reimbursing costs related to the acquisition or construction of health care facilities.

     Hawaii Pacific Health and the 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 H.B. No. 2094 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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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair