STAND. COM. REP. NO.  219-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2664

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, 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 100,000 and 170,000 to research, develop, and implement a model health care delivery system and to appropriate funds for this purpose.

The Mayor of the County of Maui; two members of the Maui County Council; Maui Memorial Medical Center; Hale Makua Health Services; the Board of Trustees of Hale Makua Health Services; Hawaii Health Systems Corporation; the United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO; and many concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.

     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. 2664 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