STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1685

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: S.B. No. 815

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 815, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the Department of Health for Fiscal Biennium 2019-2021 for various operating expenses of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.

The Hawaii Health Systems Corporation provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by appropriating funds to the Department of Health for Fiscal Biennium 2019-2021 for only the operating budget of Kahuku Hospital (HTH211) and Hawaii Health Systems Corporation - Regions (HTH212).

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 S.B. No. 815, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 815, S.D. 2, 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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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair