STAND. COM. REP. NO.  826-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 609

      H.D. 2

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. 609, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide for the health care needs of the community by:

(1)  Authorizing the assimilation of Hawaii Medical Center-East on Oahu into the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation; and

(2)  Appropriating funds to enable the assimilation, including the hiring or contracting of staff.

The Hawaii Health Systems Corporation testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to facilitate continued discussion.

     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. 609, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 609, H.D. 2.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair