STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1138-12
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2012
RE: S.B. No. 2935
S.D. 2
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 Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2935, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH CARE COORDINATION,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to improve health care delivery and coordination in the State by:
(1) Establishing a public-private partnership in a county with a population between 100,000 and 170,000, to research, develop, and implement a model of health care delivery that addresses coordination of care across a spectrum of care in a cost-effective manner;
(2) Authorizing Hale Makua Health Services to become a membership corporation with the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation as its sole member, subject to certain conditions; and
(3) Appropriating funds relating to implementation of the public-private partnership.
Maui County Council; and several individuals testified in support of this measure. The Department of the Attorney General commented on this measure.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Clarifying the delegation of rights and duties of Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to the Maui Regional System Board of Directors;
(2) Clarifying that Hale Makua Health Services's sole membership, non-profit corporation shall be exempt from the Hawaii Public Procurement Code and additional procurement requirements for purchases of health and human services, and its employees shall be exempt from requirements of the Civil Service Law, the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund, pension and retirement systems, and collective bargaining in public employment; and
(3) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate continued discussion.
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. 2935, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2935, 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 |
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