STAND. COM. REP. NO.  412

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1078

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor & Public Employment, to which was referred H.B. No. 1078 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR COLLECTIVE BARGAINING COST ITEMS RELATED TO THE TRANSITION OF MAUI REGION HOSPITALS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make an appropriation to the Department of Budget and Finance for collective bargaining cost items related to the transition of the operation of Maui region hospitals to Maui Health Systems, a Kaiser Hospital.

The United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO supported this measure.  The Hawaii Health Systems Corporation and Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO supported the intent of this measure.  The Department of Budget and Finance provided comments.

     Should your Committee on Finance further deliberate on this measure, your Committee respectfully requests inserting an appropriation amount of $43,000,000.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor & Public Employment that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1078 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Labor & Public Employment,

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AARON LING JOHANSON, Chair