HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

2793

THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

RELATING TO THE maui veterans home.

 

 

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

 

     SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that there is currently no state veterans home to serve the needs of the veterans community on the island of Maui.  State veterans homes are facilities that provide long-term care and rehabilitation care for veterans, their spouses, and gold-star parents.  State veterans homes are funded primarily through the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and medicare or medicaid funds.

     The legislature further finds that development plans for the construction of the Maui state veterans home is currently being undertaken by the department of defense.  However, management, operation, and staffing of the Maui state veterans home should be placed under a state agency able to manage a long-term care facility.

     The purpose of this Act is to transfer the Maui state veterans home to the Oahu regional health care system.

     SECTION 2.  (a) No later than June 30, 2027, the Maui state veterans home on Maui shall be assimilated into the Oahu regional health care system in a manner and to an extent that may be negotiated between the Oahu regional health care system and the department of defense.  After assimilation, the physical assets and the ground lease of the Maui state veterans home shall become property of the Oahu regional health care system and the Maui state veterans home shall be managed by the Oahu regional health care system.

     (b)  None of the liabilities of the Maui state veterans home in existence at the time the Maui state veterans home is assimilated into the Oahu regional health care system shall become liabilities of the Oahu regional health care system.

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

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Oahu Regional Health Care System; HHSC; DOH; Maui State Veterans Home; Transition

 

Description:

Requires the transfer of the Maui State Veterans Home to the Oahu Regional Health Care System and then to the Department of Health, as part of the Oahu Regional Health Care System transfer pursuant to Act 212, Session Laws of Hawaii 2021.

 

 

 

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