STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3472

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: H.B. No. 2499

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2499, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to change the number of Maui members on the Board of Directors of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to an unspecified number.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Hawaii Health Systems Corporation and Hawaii Government Employees Association.

Your Committee finds that since the management and operations of three Maui region hospitals were transferred to the Maui Hospital System, the composition of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation Corporate Board needs to be adjusted accordingly. This measure would be financially and operationally beneficial to the Hawaii Health System Corporation by allowing for a broader array of experience and statewide representation on the Board.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Adding two members as at-large appointments to the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation Corporate Board, for a total of nineteen members;

(2) Reducing the number of Maui representation on the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation Corporate Board from three to two members; and

(3) Inserting an effective date of July 1, 2020.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2499, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2499, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair