STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3290

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 2664

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2664, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish a public-private partnership in a county with a population between one hundred thousand and one hundred seventy thousand to develop and implement a model for coordinating and delivering health care across the spectrum of care.

     The measure also appropriates an unspecified sum to the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to effectuate this partnership and hire necessary staff.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the County of Maui, United Public Workers, and ILWU Local 142.

     Your Committee finds that the partnership established by this measure will promote a system of collaborative health care delivery that is seamless, efficient, and cost-effective.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2664, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

____________________________

DAVID Y. IGE, Chair