HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	1387
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

relating to the hawaii health systems corporation.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 323F-8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (a) and (b) to read as follows:

"(a) The corporation board may appoint, by majority vote of its [entire membership,] voting members, a chief executive officer of the corporation whose salary shall be set by the corporation board and who shall be exempt from chapter 76 and section 26-35(a)(4). The chief executive officer may also appoint up to eighteen other personnel, exempt from chapters 76 and 89, to work directly for the chief executive officer and the corporate board.

(b) The corporation board or its designee may discharge its exempt personnel with or without cause; provided that removal without cause shall not prejudice any contract rights of personnel.

The discharge of the chief executive officer shall require a majority vote of the [entire membership] voting members of the corporation board."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Hawaii Health Systems Corporation; Chief Executive Officer; Board Members; Voting; Appointment; Removal

Description:

Clarifies that the appointment and removal of the chief executive officer of the Hawaii health systems corporation requires a majority vote by the voting members of the corporation board, rather than by the entire membership of the board.

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