STAND. COM. REP. NO.  475-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2213

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2213 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A WEST MAUI HOSPITAL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the issuance of up to $60,000,000 in special purpose revenue bonds to assist West Maui Hospital and Medical Center Foundation, Inc., to finance the establishment of a hospital in West Maui.  

The Mayor of the County of Maui, Council Chair of Maui County Council, Council Vice Chair of Maui County Council, and two individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Budget and Finance commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Deleting the amount of the special purpose revenue bonds authorized for issuance; and

(2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050,

to facilitate further discussion on this measure.

     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 H.B. No. 2213, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2213, 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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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair