STAND. COM. REP. NO. 855-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1893

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1893, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE OAHU REGIONAL HEALTH CARE SYSTEM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require the transfer of the Daniel K. Akaka State Veterans Home to the Oahu Regional Health Care System and then to the Department of Health as part of the Oahu Regional Health Care System transfer pursuant to Act 212, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021;

(2) Set the manner by which the Oahu Regional Health Care System should seek operational funding during the transition process of its facilities from the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to the Department of Health;

(3) Set the manner by which the Oahu Regional Health Care System should seek operational funding for the Daniel K. Akaka State Veterans Home;

(4) Extend the date by which the transfer of the Oahu Regional Health Care System is to be completed from December 31, 2022, to December 31, 2023;

(5) Amend the composition, reporting requirements, duties, and exemptions of the transition working group;

(6) Appropriate funds for the creation of a comprehensive business plan and transfer framework; and

(7) Specify Department of Health authority over and requirements for reduction or elimination of direct patient care services at the Daniel K. Akaka State Veterans Home.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Defense, State Office of Veterans' Services, Office of the Adjutant General, and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Accounting and General Services; Department of Health; Office of Information Practices; Hawaii Health Systems Corporation Corporate Board of Directors; Oahu Region of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation; and Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1893, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair