STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1806-24

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 Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 3128, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, 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) Extend the transfer of the Oahu Regional Health Care System (Oahu Region) from the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to the Department of Health to December 31, 2026;

(2) Require the working group established by Act 212, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021, to submit a report to the Legislature on updates to the operating and budget plan and pro forma capital improvements plan and a breakdown of costs related to the transfer;

(3) Require the Oahu Region and Department of Health to enter into an agreement regarding the Oahu Region taking care of low acuity patients in the Department's custody by the end of 2024; and

(4) Require the Oahu Region to report to the Legislature prior to the Regular Session of 2026.

Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Health; Hawai‘i Health Systems Corporation Corporate Board of Directors; and Hawai‘i Health Systems Corporation, Oahu Region.

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 S.B. No. 3128, S.D. 2, 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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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair