STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3211

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    H.B. No. 2213

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2213, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize the issuance of special purpose revenue bonds to assist the West Maui Hospital and Medical Center Foundation, Inc., in establishing a hospital in West Maui.

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Mayor of the County of Maui.  The Department of Budget and Finance submitted written comments on the measure.

     Your Committee finds that lengthy travel times between West Maui and the Maui Memorial Medical Center in Central Maui can be very critical in emergency situations.  This measure will ensure that the growing population of West Maui, and other residents and visitors, have timely access to emergency medical care in West Maui.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing a reference from "West Maui Hospital and Medical Center Foundation, Inc." to "West Maui Hospital Foundation, Inc."

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2213, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2213, H.D. 1, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair