THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2837

THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024

S.D. 2

STATE OF HAWAII

H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO THE OAHU REGIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM, HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that there is currently no state veterans home to serve the needs of the veterans community on the island of Maui.  State veterans homes are facilities that provide long-term care and rehabilitation care for veterans, their spouses, and gold-star parents.  State veterans homes are funded primarily through the United States Department of Veterans Affairs and medicare or medicaid funds.

     The legislature further finds that development plans for the construction of the Maui state veterans home is currently being undertaken by the department of defense.  However, management, operation, and staffing of the Maui state veterans home should be placed under a state agency able to manage a long-term care facility.

     The purpose of this Act is to:

     (1)  Temporarily authorize the Oahu regional health care system to oversee the operations and management agreement of the proposed state veterans home on Maui; and

     (2)  Set forth the timeline and process whereby permanent oversight of the operations and management agreement of the proposed veterans home on Maui will be reassigned to the Maui regional health care system.

     SECTION 2.  Section 323F-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

     "(b)  The corporate organization shall be divided into five regional systems, as follows:

     (1)  The Oahu regional health care system[;], which shall have temporary ownership and oversight of the operations and management agreement of the proposed state veterans home on Maui;

     (2)  The Kauai regional health care system;

     (3)  The Maui regional health care system[;], which shall secure ownership of the land of the proposed state veterans home on Maui and, by June 30, 2028, have permanent oversight of the operations and management agreement of the proposed state veterans home on Maui;

     (4)  The east Hawaii regional health care system, comprising the Puna district, north Hilo district, south Hilo district, Hamakua district, and Kau district; and

     (5)  The west Hawaii regional health care system, comprising the north Kohala district, south Kohala district, north Kona district, and south Kona district;

and shall be identified as regional systems I, II, III, IV, and V, respectively."

     SECTION 3.  (a)  No later than June 30, 2027, the Maui state veterans home shall be assigned temporary ownership and oversight to the Oahu regional health care system.  No later than June 30, 2028, permanent ownership and oversight of the operations and management agreement for the proposed Maui state veterans home shall be transferred from the Oahu regional health care system to the Maui regional health care system.

     (b)  None of the liabilities of the Maui state veterans home in existence at the time the Maui state veterans home is temporarily assigned into the Oahu regional health care system or another state agency shall become liabilities of the Oahu regional health care system or another state agency.

     (c)  At least thirty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2025, 2026, and 2027, the Maui regional health care system shall submit a report to the legislature on its progress in reconstituting its board and managing entities to facilitate the regional system's ability to exercise permanent ownership and oversight of the operations and management agreement of the proposed state veterans home on Maui to ensure that any benefits, including revenues and other community benefits, shall be first used to reduce any state subsidies to the Maui regional health system and secondly for the benefit of health care within the Maui regional health system.

     (d)  At least thirty days prior to the convening of the regular sessions of 2025, 2026, and 2027, the department of defense, Maui regional health care system, and Oahu regional health care system shall submit a joint report to the legislature on the progress of the proposed Maui state veterans home, including the determination and finalization of location of the site for the Maui state veterans home, and the securing of federal funds for the proposed Maui state veterans home.

     SECTION 4.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 3000.

 

 

Report Title:

Oahu Regional Health Care System; Maui Regional Health Care System; HHSC; DOH; Maui State Veterans Home; Transition

 

Description:

Temporarily authorizes the Oahu regional health care system to oversee the operations and management agreement of the proposed state veterans home on Maui.  Establishes a timeline and process for the permanent oversight of the operations and management agreement of the proposed veterans home on Maui to be reassigned to the Maui regional health care system.  Effective 7/1/3000.  (HD1)

 

 

 

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