STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1567

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: S.B. No. 816

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred S.B. No. 816, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, 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 $1,706,250 to resolve compensation differentials for certain Hawaii Health Systems Corporation (HHSC) Maui Region union members in bargaining units (1) and (10) who were affected by the transfer of the use and exclusive management and operations of Maui Memorial Medical Center, Kula Hospital, and Lanai Community Hospital from HHSC to Maui Health System, a Kaiser Foundation Hospital LLC.

United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO; International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local 665; and an individual supported this measure. The Department of the Attorney General provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the appropriation to an unspecified amount.

Your Committee requests that if this measure advances in the legislative process that your Committee on Finance consider the $1,706,250 appropriation request.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 816, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 816, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

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TY J.K. CULLEN, Chair