STAND. COM. REP. NO.  546-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2260

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2260 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure, as received by your Committee, is to authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriate funds as follows for plans, design, and construction of a new patient facility at Hawaii State Hospital:

 

(1)  $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2016-2017;

 

(2)  $21,000,000 for fiscal year 2017-2018; and

 

(3)  $118,000,000 for fiscal year 2018-2019.

 

     The Department of Health testified in support of this measure with comments.  The Department of the Attorney General commented on this measure.

 

     In its discussion, your Committee noted that a similar bill, S.B. No. 2471, S.D. 1 (2016), was heard on February 4, 2016, and is proceeding through the legislative process.

 

Upon consideration of the testimony received, your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Deleting its contents and inserting the language of S.B. No. 2471, S.D. 1 (2016), which authorizes the issuance of general obligation bonds and appropriates $160,500,000 for fiscal year 2016-2017 for the design and construction of a new state mental health hospital to replace the Hawaii State Hospital; and

 

(2)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for clarity and consistency.

 

     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. 2260, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2260, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair