STAND. COM. REP. NO.  284

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 995

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 995 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Health to permit Hale Makua Health Services to admit more wait-listed patients from Maui Memorial Medical Center and, thereby, reduce the state subsidies needed to support Maui County's healthcare needs.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Hale Makua Health Services; Hale Mahaolu; United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 464, AFL-CIO; International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142, and numerous individuals.  

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Inserting an unspecified appropriation amount; and

     (2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2090, to encourage further discussion.

     Your Committee notes that this measure originally contained an appropriation in the amount of $2,000,000.

     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. 995, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 995, 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