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HI Rev Stat § 323F-12 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|323F. Hawaii Health Systems Corporation|323F-12 Public-private partnership.

  §323F-12 Public-private partnership. (a) There is established within the corporation for administrative purposes only a public-private partnership in a county that encompasses at least three islands inhabited by permanent residents, to research, develop, and implement a model of health care delivery that addresses the coordination of care across the spectrum of care from acute, to skilled nursing facility, to home, in a manner that is seamless, efficient, appropriate, and cost-effective.  (b) The public-private partnership shall:  (1) Work to resolve the challenges in the post-acute care environment;  (2) Expand inpatient capacity;  (3) Improve access to and quality of health care; and  (4) Enhance the operational and financial viability of public and private health care providers at all levels of care.  (c) The public-private partnership shall be mutually beneficial to stakeholders and consumers and shall be based upon the following:  (1) Short-term goals:  (A) Provide a mechanism to move waitlisted patients to an appropriate long-term care setting;  (B) Provide appropriate financial support to allow for the movement of patients along the continuum of care, regardless of the ability to pay;  (C) Maintain the financial viability of skilled nursing facilities by providing adequate funding from all sources; and  (D) Maintain the financial viability of full-service acute care facilities by reducing the number of waitlisted patients.  (2) Long-term goals:  (A) Improve the continuity of care and efficiency between providers;  (B) Enhance the quality of patient care;  (C) Create a patient-centered health care infrastructure;  (D) Maximize capacity and increase operational and financial viability among network organizations;  (E) Optimize existing resources to maximize return;  (F) Facilitate the transition of care between different levels of care;  (G) Reduce unnecessary transfers of patients and attract medically appropriate transfers from neighboring islands;  (H) Create reimbursement mechanisms that support integrated efforts;  (I) Reduce unnecessary health care use and prevent unnecessary hospitalizations and readmissions; and  (J) Expand access to specialty services to counties that encompass at least three islands inhabited by permanent residents. [L 2012, c 279, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 323F-22 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|323F. Hawaii Health Systems Corporation|323F-22 Annual audit and report; disclosure of revenue projections; internal performance audit.

  §323F-22 Annual audit and report; disclosure of revenue projections; internal performance audit. (a) The corporation shall engage a certified public accountant to conduct an annual audit of its financial affairs, books, and records in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The corporation, in consultation with a regional system board, may permit or require a regional system board to retain an audit firm to conduct an independent audit of the regional system. Each regional system board shall submit the results of the annual audit to the corporation board within one hundred twenty days after the close of the regional system board's fiscal year. The corporation shall submit to the governor and the legislature, within one hundred fifty days after the close of the corporation's fiscal year, a report that shall include the audited financial report for that fiscal year for the corporation and each regional system board.  (b) In addition to the submittal of the audit required under subsection (a), the corporation, in cooperation with the regional system boards, shall submit a report to the legislature at least twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session that shall include but not be limited to:  (1) The projected revenues for each health care facility;  (2) A list of all proposed capital improvement projects planned for implementation during the following fiscal year; and  (3) All reports submitted by regional public health facility management advisory committees pursuant to section 323F-10(c).  (c) The regional system boards shall prepare a report for inclusion with the corporation's annual report and audit.  (d) There shall be an annual internal audit of the management and operations of the corporation and regions. The corporation, in cooperation with the regional system boards, shall submit a report to the legislature at least twenty days prior to the convening of each regular session on the results of the annual internal audit of the management and operations of the corporation and regions. [L 1996, c 262, pt of §2; am L 2007, c 290, §31; am L 2009, c 182, §15]
HI Rev Stat § 323F-23 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|323F. Hawaii Health Systems Corporation|323F-23 Exemption from taxation.

  §323F-23 Exemption from taxation. The corporation and each regional system board shall be exempt from paying any:  (1) Assessments levied by any county; and  (2) State taxes of any kind. [L 1996, c 262, pt of §2; am L 2007, c 290, §32]
HI Rev Stat § 323F-24 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|323F. Hawaii Health Systems Corporation|323F-24 Budget oversight.

  §323F-24 Budget oversight. The corporation's and each regional system board's operating and capital improvement budgets shall not be subject to review or approval by the governor or any state agency, except where state general funds or capital improvement moneys are requested. If general funds or capital improvement moneys are requested, then the corporation or any regional system board shall include, with its request, the proposed budget for which the funds or moneys are to be included. The corporation and regional system boards, once operational, shall collaboratively submit their budgets annually to the legislature for review and approval at least twenty days prior to the convening of the regular legislative session, beginning with the budgets for the 2010-2011 biennium fiscal years. [L 1996, c 262, pt of §2; am L 2007, c 290, §33]
HI Rev Stat § 323F-25 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|323F. Hawaii Health Systems Corporation|323F-25 Regional system board; community hospitals; community health centers; collaboration.

  §323F-25 Regional system board; community hospitals; community health centers; collaboration. Each regional system board and each community hospital under the jurisdiction of the corporation shall collaborate with community health centers within their respective geographic jurisdictions to maximize funding from the state and federal governments to:  (1) Maximize reimbursement for health care services provided;  (2) Acquire funds for capital investment;  (3) Provide expanded hours of service; and  (4) Ensure the provision of the appropriate level of care to the community served by each community health center. [L 2009, c 182, pt of §8]
HI Rev Stat § 323F-31 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|323F. Hawaii Health Systems Corporation|323F-31 Maintenance of services.

  §323F-31 Maintenance of services. (a) No planned substantial reduction or elimination of direct patient care services at any facility shall be undertaken unless all of the following requirements are met:  (1) An initial determination is made by the regional chief executive officer as to critical and emergency services which shall not be subject to reduction or elimination pursuant to this section;  (2) The plan of the facility to substantially reduce or eliminate any direct patient care services at the health facility shall first be presented to the regional system board for its approval;  (3) Subsequent to the requisite regional system board approval, the regional chief executive officer shall present the plan to the community in which the facility is located, at a community informational meeting, in order to obtain community input on the plan; and  (4) Provided that if the regional system board approves the plan, the plan as approved by the regional system board shall be submitted to the corporation board for ratification.  (b) After the community informational meeting, but at least twenty days prior to the implementation of the plan approved by the regional system board, the regional system board shall give notice of implementation of the plan to the governor, senate president, and the speaker of the house of representatives.  (c) The decision of the regional system board shall be the final decision with respect to the plan. Implementation of the plan shall commence and continue, provided that no legislation is enacted that:  (1) Requires the reinstatement and continuation of the direct patient care services that are subject to reduction or elimination under the plan; and  (2) Includes an appropriation of additional moneys sufficient to adequately fund the mandated reinstatement and continuation of the subject direct patient care services. [L 1996, c 262, pt of §2; am L 2007, c 290, §34; am L 2009, c 182, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 323F-32 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|323F. Hawaii Health Systems Corporation|323F-32 Acquisition of Kahuku hospital.

  §323F-32 Acquisition of Kahuku hospital. (a) Kahuku hospital on Oahu may be assimilated into the Hawaii health systems corporation in a manner and to an extent that may be negotiated between the corporation and Kahuku hospital. After assimilation, the physical assets and the ground lease of Kahuku hospital shall become the property of the corporation, and Kahuku hospital shall be operated by the corporation.  (b) None of the liabilities of Kahuku hospital shall become liabilities of the corporation.  (c) The corporation, at its discretion, may retain any or all medical and nonmedical employees of Kahuku hospital.  (d) The corporation, without regard to section 323F-31, may adjust the levels of services provided by Kahuku hospital.  (e) Kahuku hospital shall be exempt from chapter 102 and section 103-53, and its board of directors, if any, shall be exempt from part I of chapter 92.  (f) The purchase of goods and services by or on behalf of Kahuku hospital shall be exempt from chapters 103D and 103F.  (g) Employees of Kahuku hospital shall be exempt from chapters 76, 87A, 88, and 89, and shall not be considered as employees of the State. [L 2007, c 113, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 323F-33 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|323F. Hawaii Health Systems Corporation|323F-33 Hawaii Medical Center-East; affiliation; acquisition.

  §323F-33 Hawaii Medical Center-East; affiliation; acquisition. (a) Hawaii Medical Center-East on Oahu may be assimilated into the corporation by negotiation between the corporation and the owners of Hawaii Medical Center-East. Assimilation may be accomplished with the creation of a new entity, a partnership, a long-term lease, or any other vehicle determined to be in the best interests of the public by the corporation board and as negotiated with the owners of Hawaii Medical Center-East. After assimilation, Hawaii Medical Center-East shall be operated by the corporation, either directly, through contractors, or through a subsidiary.  (b) None of the liabilities of Hawaii Medical Center-East shall become liabilities of the corporation.  (c) Hawaii Medical Center-East, once assimilated, shall be exempt from chapter 102 and section 103-53, and its board of directors, if any, shall be exempt from part I of chapter 92.  (d) The purchase of goods and services by or on behalf of Hawaii Medical Center-East, after assimilation, shall be exempt from chapters 103D and 103F.  (e) Assimilation of Hawaii Medical Center-East into the Hawaii health systems corporation shall be exempt from part VII of chapter 323D.  (f) As used in this section, "Hawaii Medical Center-East" means the facility previously known as Hawaii Medical Center-East located on Liliha street on the island of Oahu. [L 2012, c 281, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 323F-34 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|323F. Hawaii Health Systems Corporation|323F-34 Tobacco and electronic smoking devices use prohibited.

  §323F-34 Tobacco and electronic smoking devices use prohibited. (a) Notwithstanding the less restrictive requirements of chapter 328J, the Hawaii health systems corporation shall prohibit the use of any tobacco product or electronic smoking device by any person on the premises of all facilities operated by the corporation within the State, to the extent not prohibited by federal law and regulation.  (b) Pursuant to section 89-9(d), the tobacco and electronic smoking device use prohibitions under this section shall not be subject to collective bargaining.  (c) The corporation shall prominently display signs stating that "tobacco and electronic smoking device use is prohibited" at all entrances to the corporation's health facilities and at other conspicuous locations throughout the outdoor premises of each health facility.  (d) For the purposes of this section:  "Electronic smoking device" means any electronic product that can be used to aerosolize and deliver nicotine or other substances to the person inhaling from the device, including, but not limited to, an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe, hookah pipe, or hookah pen, and any cartridge or other component of the device or related product, whether or not sold separately.  "Premises" means all indoor and outdoor areas within the state-designated property boundary lines of each of the corporation's health facilities and shall include all employee and visitor parking lots.  "Tobacco or electronic smoking device use" does not include mere possession or storage of the same for use in locations outside the premises of the corporation's health facilities.  "Tobacco product" means any product made or derived from tobacco that contains nicotine or other substances, and is intended for human consumption or is likely to be consumed, whether smoked, heated, chewed, absorbed, dissolved, inhaled, or ingested by any other means, including, but not limited to, a cigarette, cigar, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff, snus, or an electronic smoking device. "Tobacco product" does not include drugs, devices, or combination products approved for sale by the United States Food and Drug Administration, as those terms are defined in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. [L 2016, c 25, §2]
HI Rev Stat § 323F-51 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|323F. Hawaii Health Systems Corporation|323F-51 Definitions.

 §323F-51 Definitions. As used in this part:  "Nonprofit management entity" means a nonprofit organization duly authorized to transact business in the State, the sole shareholder or member of which is the private entity, whose principal purpose is to manage and operate a medical care facility.  "Pre-transfer facility" means a facility of the Maui regional system prior to its transformation into a transferred facility.  "Private entity" means a business organization duly authorized to transact business in the State that:  (1) Has a certificate of need to operate one or more licensed hospitals in the State obtained from the state health planning and development agency pursuant to part V of chapter 323D; or  (2) Is the sole member of a nonprofit management entity or hospital that has a certificate of need to operate one or more licensed hospitals in the State obtained from the state health planning and development agency pursuant to part V of chapter 323D.  "Transfer completion date" means the date specified as the transfer completion date in an agreement entered into pursuant to section 323F-52, including any extensions allowed under the terms of such agreement.  "Transferred facility" means a medical facility of the Maui regional system for which the right and responsibility to manage, operate, and otherwise provide health care services at the facility is transferred to a private entity or its nonprofit management entity pursuant to this part. [L 2015, c 103, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 323F-53 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|323F. Hawaii Health Systems Corporation|323F-53 Approvals required.

 §323F-53 Approvals required.  Any documents associated with the transfer of a Maui regional facility or facilities under this part shall be subject to review by the attorney general and the director of finance in their capacity to advise the governor. [L 2015, c 103, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 323F-54 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|323F. Hawaii Health Systems Corporation|323F-54 Real property; terms and conditions.

 §323F-54 Real property; terms and conditions. (a) The corporation shall enter into a fixed-term lease with the private entity or its nonprofit management entity to rent the real property, including all improvements and fixtures on the property, of the Maui regional system facility or facilities that is to be transferred to the private entity or its nonprofit management entity under this part.  (b) At minimum, the lease shall include the following terms and conditions:  (1) The lease shall not be terminated other than for good cause and upon a minimum of three hundred sixty-five days prior written notice to ensure that the delivery of health care services to the community served will not be disrupted;  (2) During the term of the lease, the private entity or its nonprofit management entity shall have exclusive control of all matters related to the management, operation, and provision of health care services in the leased facilities, except as otherwise set forth in the lease;  (3) The responsibility to oversee the performance of the terms and conditions of the lease by the private entity or its nonprofit management entity shall rest with the Maui regional system board as the custodial caretaker of the real property under section 323F-3.5; and  (4) The corporation or the State shall retain ownership of the leased property throughout the term of the lease. [L 2015, c 103, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 323F-55 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|323F. Hawaii Health Systems Corporation|323F-55 Transfer or assignment of other business assets.

  §323F-55 Transfer or assignment of other business assets. Provisions to transfer ownership or assign the interest of the corporation or the Maui regional system in some or all of the equipment and furnishings of the facility or facilities transferred to the private entity or its nonprofit management entity under this part shall be included in the lease entered into under section 323F-54. [L 2015, c 103, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 323F-56 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|323F. Hawaii Health Systems Corporation|323F-56 Liabilities.

 §323F-56 Liabilities. (a) The State, the Maui regional system board, or the corporation, separately or collectively, shall be responsible for any and all obligations incurred by the facility or facilities to be transferred, the Maui regional system, or the corporation prior to the transfer completion date including any accounts payable, accrued paid time off, debt, capital leases, malpractice liabilities, and other obligations incurred before the transfer completion date. Any and all liabilities of the pre-transfer facility that were transferred to the corporation upon its creation by Act 262, Session Laws of Hawaii 1996, all liabilities of the pre-transfer facility related to collective bargaining contracts negotiated by the State, and the liability for all current outstanding post-employment benefits of the regional system or the corporation shall remain the responsibility of the State.  (b) All liabilities arising out of a transferred facility's management and operation in a transferred facility, on or after the transfer completion date, shall be the responsibility of the private entity or its nonprofit management entity. [L 2015, c 103, pt of §2]
HI Rev Stat § 323F-58 (2021)
2021 Hawaii Revised Statutes|Title 19. Health|323F. Hawaii Health Systems Corporation|323F-58 Operating support.

 §323F-58 Operating support. (a) Without regard to chapter 42F, the private entity or its nonprofit management entity to which one or more of the facilities of the Maui regional system has been transferred pursuant to this part may seek funds from the State for its operating costs, as defined in section 37-62, of a transferred facility by preparing a budgetary request in accordance with procedures and criteria established by the director of finance. In no event shall the amount requested exceed the amount appropriated for the operating costs of the Maui regional system for the 2014 fiscal year. The director of finance shall review the request and may include some or all of the amount requested in the executive budget of the department of health. Any appropriation made in response to the request shall be subject to the allotment system generally applicable to all appropriations made by the legislature. The department of health shall be responsible for transferring the funds allotted to the private entity or its nonprofit management entity for expenditure.  (b) To qualify to request funds from the State under this section, the private entity or its nonprofit management entity to which one or more of the facilities of the Maui regional system has been transferred pursuant to this part shall satisfy the following standards and conditions:  (1) Be duly authorized to transact business in the State, and determined and designated to be a nonprofit organization by the Internal Revenue Service;  (2) Be licensed and accredited, in accordance with federal, state, or county statutes, rules, or ordinances, to conduct the activities for which funding is sought;  (3) Have a governing board whose members have no material conflict of interest and serve without compensation;  (4) Have bylaws or policies that describe the manner in which business is conducted, prohibit nepotism, and provide for the management of potential conflict of interest situations;  (5) Be in compliance with all of the requirements of chapter 323D with respect to the transferred facility and any other health care facility it operates;  (6) Submit tax clearances from the director of taxation and the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that all tax returns due have been filed and all taxes, interest, and penalties levied or accrued against have been paid;  (7) Submit to an annual audit, disclose revenue projections, and prepare an annual internal performance audit and itemized financial statements, including reimbursement rates, with respect to the transferred facility, to the extent practicable, in the same manner as described in section 323F-22; and  (8) Submit its annual budget with respect to a transferred facility to the legislature for review at least twenty days prior to the convening of the regular legislative session. [L 2015, c 103, pt of §2]