STAND. COM. REP. NO. 7

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No 411

       S.D. 1

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No.411 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this shortform bill is to amend the law relating to health.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting language that modifies the Board of Directors of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation by:

     (1)  Increasing its membership from twelve to thirteen members;

     (2)  Giving voting rights to the Director of Health ex officio member;

     (3)  Replacing the five Regional Chief Executive Officer ex officio voting members with community members from the respective regional system board regions; and

     (4)  Adding an at-large member to be appointed by the governor.

     Prior to amending this measure, a proposed S.D. 1 was prepared and made available for public review.

     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. 411, as amended herein, and recommends that it be recommitted to the Committee on Health, in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 411, S.D. 1, for further consideration.

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

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JOSH GREEN, M.D., Chair