THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	2837
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024		S.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII

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 transfer the Maui state veterans home to the Oahu regional health care system or another state agency.

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 may include the state veterans home on Maui;

(2) The Kauai regional health care system;

(3) The Maui regional health care system;

(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 on Maui shall be assimilated into the Oahu regional health care system or another state agency in a manner and to an extent that may be negotiated between the Oahu regional health care system or another state agency and the department of defense. After assimilation, the physical assets and the ground lease of the Maui state veterans home shall become property of the Oahu regional health care system or another state agency, and the Maui state veterans home shall be managed by the Oahu regional health care system or another state agency.

(b) None of the liabilities of the Maui state veterans home in existence at the time the Maui state veterans home is assimilated 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.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Report Title:

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

Description:

Requires the transfer of the Maui State Veterans Home to the Oahu Regional Health Care System or another state agency. (SD2)

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