STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1525

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 1016

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health & Homelessness, to which was referred S.B. No. 1016, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Amend the definition of "private entity" for the purposes of a public-private partnership for the delivery of health care services at Maui Regional System facilities to include licensed community hospitals or licensed hospitals serving a rural population; and

(2) Beginning January 1, 2024, require the Chief Executive Officer of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to provide written comments to the Governor before the State enters into a new agreement with a private entity or modifies or terminates an existing agreement to transfer the right to manage, operate, or otherwise provide health care services at one or more facilities in the Maui Regional System.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.

Your Committee finds that expanding the types of entities who may enter into a public-private partnership with the State for the provision of medical services in the Maui Regional System will ensure the continued provision of public health services on all three islands in Maui County.

Your Committee notes that the first ten-year extension of the current public-private partnership for the Maui Regional System will occur on or about 2047, with the second ten-year extension in 2057. Your Committee further notes that the partnership involves a major hospital system and affects all three islands in Maui county.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion.

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. 1016, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1016, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health & Homelessness,

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair