Bill Text: HI HCR168 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Hanna Health; Permissible Uses

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-03 - (H) Report adopted; referred to the committee(s) on FIN with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Cabanilla, Carroll, Mizuno, Thielen excused (4). [HCR168 Detail]

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.C.R. NO.	168
TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012
STATE OF HAWAII

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

requesting the Department of Land and Natural Resources to expand its interpretation of the use provision in Hana Health's land lease.

 

 

 

     WHEREAS, the Hana District, on the island of Maui, has one of the poorest health profiles in Hawaii and is federally designated as a medically underserved community; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Hana District, often referred to as the "last Hawaiian place", is one of the most isolated areas in Hawaii; and

 

     WHEREAS, Hana Health is a federally qualified health center that provides healthcare services to the people of the Hana District, regardless of their ability to pay; and

 

     WHEREAS, Hana Health operates facilities on two parcels of land, both of which are owned by the State and have been leased to Hana Health for fifty-five years at $1 per year; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Department of Land and Natural Resources has interpreted the use provision in Hana Health's land lease to prohibit income generating activities and certain ancillary programs offered by Hana Health; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Department of Land and Natural Resources' restrictive interpretation of Hana Health's land lease is not supported by the language of the lease, Hana Health's articles of incorporation, or state or federal law; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Department of Land and Natural Resources' interpretation of the land lease inhibits Hana Health's efforts to become self-sustaining and less reliant on public funds; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2012, the Senate concurring, that the Department of Land and Natural Resources is requested to expand its interpretation of the use provision in Hana Health's land lease to include income generating activities and ancillary programs as permissible uses; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor; the Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources; the Mayor of Maui County; and the Executive Director of Hana Health.

 

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________

Report Title: 

Hanna Health; Permissible Uses