STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1053

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   S.B. No. 1300

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 1300, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to amend the composition of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation (HHSC) Board of Directors by:

     (1)  Making the Director of Health a voting member;

     (2)  Adding one more member to represent each of the following: Maui, East Hawaii, West Hawaii, Kauai, and Oahu; and

     (3)  Adding a new at-large member appointed by the Governor.

     The HHSC Board of Directors and HHSC Oahu Region testified in support of this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Removing the newly-added members representing Maui, East Hawaii, West Hawaii, Kauai, and Oahu, thereby leaving the region system board representation in its current form;

     (2)  Designating the newly-added at-large member as a voting member; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 1300, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1300, S.D. 2, 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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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair