STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1080

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   S.B. No. 936

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Health and Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 936, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HOSPITAL SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAM,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to continue the Hospital Sustainability Program by amending Act 217, Session Laws of Hawaii (SLH) 2012, known as the Hospital Sustainability Program Act, and extending the sunset date of Act 217, SLH 2012.

     Among other things, this measure also:

(1)  Updates the referral dates in the statute;

(2)  Revises the funding amount for the Hospital Sustainability Program for fiscal year 2013-2014; and

(3)  Exempts hospitals not in operation during calendar year 2012 from the hospital sustainability fee on inpatient and outpatient care services.

The Department of Human Services, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, Hawaii Pacific Health, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, North Hawaii Community Hospital, and United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646 supported this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 936, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 936, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Human Services,

____________________________ MELE CARROLL, Chair

____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair