STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1155-24
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2024
RE: S.B. No. 3128
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2024
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health & Homelessness, to which was referred S.B. No. 3128, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ACT 212, SESSION LAWS OF HAWAII 2021,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The
purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Repeal the transfer of the Oahu Regional Health Care System in its entirety from the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to the Department of Health; and
(2) Require the Oahu Regional Health Care System to enter into an agreement with the Department of Health regarding the Oahu Regional Health Care System taking care of low acuity patients in the Department's custody by the end of 2024.
Your Committee finds
that Act 212, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, required the transfer of the Oahu
Regional Health Care System (Oahu Region) to the Department of Health from the Hawaii
Health Systems Corporation. However,
there is growing concern that this transfer has become financially unfeasible
and will provide no net gain in services for the community. Your Committee believes that the transfer of
the Oahu Region to the Department of Health is a worthwhile endeavor and the
transition process should continue while possible alternatives for the use of
the Leahi Hospital campus and Maluhia are considered.
Accordingly, your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Deleting provisions repealing the transfer of
the Oahu Region from the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to the Department of
Health and inserting language extending the transfer of the Oahu Region to
December 31, 2026;
(2) Requiring the working group established by Act
212, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, to submit a report to the Legislature prior
to the Regular Session of 2026;
(3) Requiring the Oahu Region to submit a report
to the Legislature prior to the Regular Session of 2026;
(4) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000,
to encourage further discussion; and
(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments
for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health & Homelessness that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3128, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3128, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health & Homelessness,
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____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair |
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