HI HR25

Requests the State Health Planning and Development Agency and Department of Health to hold a public meeting for all certificate of need applications for proposed special treatment facilities in neighborhoods with community associations.

Current law permits administrative review processes for certain certificate of need applications without mandatory public meetings, unless interested persons submit a written request.

Requests the State Health Planning and Development Agency adopt rules requiring certificate of need applicants to appear before the neighborhood board where the proposed special treatment facility will be located as part of the application process.

Cites community frustration that special treatment facility applications have been approved without public input and references Hawaii's Sunshine Law policy requiring government agency conduct to be conducted as openly as possible.