STAND. COM. REP. NO.  110

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 1373

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1373 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LEAHI HOSPITAL,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a working group to develop a plan to transfer all parcels of land contained within the Leahi Hospital campus to the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.

The Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation – Oahu Region, and an individual supported this measure.  The University of Hawaii opposed this measure.  The Department of Health commented on this measure.

     As this measure proceeds through the legislative process, your Committee encourages further discussion and consideration of the issues and concerns raised in the University of Hawaii's written testimony, including issues related to long-range planning for Kapiolani Community College.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further 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 H.B. No. 1373, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1373, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair