HB1539 Summary

• Requires prior approval from the Oahu regional system board for any actions to sell, lease, rent, privatize, or change the scope of services at Oahu regional health care system facilities.

• Increases Hawaii Health Systems Corporation board membership from 18 to 20 members and reduces Maui representatives from three to two, while increasing Oahu representatives from two to five.

• Mandates the Oahu regional system board develop a five-year strategic plan for sustainability of Leahi and Maluhia hospitals, with interim report due before 2020 session and final report due before 2024 session.

• Grants right of first refusal to the Director of Health, Governor's Coordinator on Homelessness, and Mayor of Honolulu to purchase Leahi or Maluhia hospitals if partial or full privatization occurs.

• Sunsets the Oahu regional system as independent entity on July 1, 2024, transferring its functions to the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation board, unless the legislature adopts a concurrent resolution finding retention is in the state's best interest.