CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 159

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2007

RE:    H.B. No. 843

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir and Madam:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 843, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO KAHUKU HOSPITAL,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation (Corporation) to bring Kahuku Hospital under its governance through formal affiliation with the Corporation and to provide for transitional facilitation by the Director of Health.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:

(1)  Clarifying that the physical assets and the ground lease of Kahuku Hospital will become the property of the Corporation;

(2)  Changing the appropriated amount to $3,900,000;

(3)  Providing for this bill to take effect upon its approval;

(4)  Changing the effective date for the appropriation section to July 1, 2007; and

(5)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 843, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 843, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Chair	____________________________ JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Co-Chair
____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair	____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Co-Chair