Signed by Governor David Ige

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a conference report that authorizes public-private partnership of hospital facilities.

Highlights:

• Requires the following individuals to negotiate with a “private entity” to transfer the right and responsibility to manage, operate and provide health care services at one or more facilities of the Maui regional system (Sec. 2):
• The governor; 
• The chief executive officer of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation; and 
• The regional chief executive officer of the Maui regional system.
• Defines “private entity” as a business organization authorized to operate 1 or more licensed hospitals in the state (Sec. 2).
• Requires the Hawaii Health System Corporation and representative unions to meet and discuss the impact of a transfer on the employees and the possibility of decreasing the effect of layoffs by amending the employees’ collective bargaining agreements (Sec. 2). 
• Requires the private entity to offer employment to all employees of the pre-transfer facility for a period of no less than 6 months after the transfer completion date (Sec. 2). 
• Authorizes a private entity to request funding from the state for the operating costs of a transferred facility for each or all of the first 10 years of the lease (Sec. 2). 
• Specifies that a request for funding will not exceed the amount appropriated for operating costs of the Maui regional system for the fiscal year 2014 (Sec. 2).
• Specifies that after an initial 10 year period leasing the nonprofit and private entities will be responsible for all capital expenditures of the transferred facilities (Sec. 2).
• Requires the Hawaii Health System Corporation to enter into a fixed-term lease with the private entity to rent the real property, including all improvements and fixtures on the property, of the transferred facilities (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a conference report that authorizes public-private partnership of hospital facilities.

Highlights:

• Requires the following individuals to negotiate with a “private entity” to transfer the right and responsibility to manage, operate and provide health care services at one or more facilities of the Maui regional system (Sec. 2):
• The governor; 
• The chief executive officer of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation; and 
• The regional chief executive officer of the Maui regional system.
• Defines “private entity” as a business organization authorized to operate 1 or more licensed hospitals in the state (Sec. 2).
• Requires the Hawaii Health System Corporation and representative unions to meet and discuss the impact of a transfer on the employees and the possibility of decreasing the effect of layoffs by amending the employees’ collective bargaining agreements (Sec. 2). 
• Requires the private entity to offer employment to all employees of the pre-transfer facility for a period of no less than 6 months after the transfer completion date (Sec. 2). 
• Authorizes a private entity to request funding from the state for the operating costs of a transferred facility for each or all of the first 10 years of the lease (Sec. 2). 
• Specifies that a request for funding will not exceed the amount appropriated for operating costs of the Maui regional system for the fiscal year 2014 (Sec. 2).
• Specifies that after an initial 10 year period leasing the nonprofit and private entities will be responsible for all capital expenditures of the transferred facilities (Sec. 2).
• Requires the Hawaii Health System Corporation to enter into a fixed-term lease with the private entity to rent the real property, including all improvements and fixtures on the property, of the transferred facilities (Sec. 2).

Full Bill Text