STAND. COM. REP. NO.  829-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2664

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2664 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH CARE COORDINATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish within the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation a public-private partnership in a county with a population between one hundred thousand and one hundred seventy thousand to research, develop, and implement a model health care delivery system and to appropriate funds for this purpose.

Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142, three members of the County Council of the County of Maui, and one individual supported this measure.  Hale Makua Health Services and three individuals commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Inserting a blank appropriation amount;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2030, for the purpose of facilitating further discussion; and

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

     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. 2664, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2664, H.D. 1.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair