STAND. COM. REP. NO. 988

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1130

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1130, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to improve accountability in the health care system, support clear and consistent roles for all regional systems, and create a more balanced multi-board tiered system by shifting the voting powers of the five regional Chief Executive Officers on the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation Board of Directors to community members who are appointed by the Governor.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, United Public Workers, and two individuals.

 

     Your Committee finds that changes in the health care industry and implementation of national health care reform necessitate that the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation Board of Directors (Board) have the necessary flexibility and autonomy needed for community hospitals to compete and remain viable.  The Board currently includes five regional Chief Executive Officers who serve as ex‑officio, voting members.  In light of the successful establishment of the regional system boards, the significant challenges imposed by an ever-changing and complex health care environment, the time required to serve on the Board, and the desire for additional community participation, your Committee finds it appropriate to shift the voting powers of the five regional Chief Executive Officers on the Board to the community members from each of the regional systems.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting language to identify the types of expertise that the Board should collectively include.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1130, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1130, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

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

 

		____________________________ JOSH GREEN, Chair