Hawaii · statute · Haw. Rev. Stat. ch. 323F · 39 active provisions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: "Consumer" means any individual who may utilize a Hawaii health systems facility for health services and is not a provider. "Corporation" means the body corporate and politic known as the Hawaii health systems corporation. "Corporation board" means the boa…
(a) There is established the Hawaii health systems corporation, which shall be a public body corporate and politic and an instrumentality and agency of the State. The corporation shall be placed within the department of health for the administrative purposes specified in section 26-35(a)(6) only. (b) The corporate orga…
(a) The corporation shall be governed by an eighteen-member board of directors that shall carry out the duties and responsibilities of the corporation other than those duties and responsibilities relating to the establishment of any captive insurance company pursuant to section 323F-7(c)(20) and the operation thereof.…
(a) There is hereby established a regional system board of directors to govern each of the five regional systems specified in section 323F-2, no later than January 1, 2008. The regional system boards of directors shall carry out the duties and responsibilities as set forth in this chapter and as further delegated by th…
(a) The corporation board and each regional system board shall be exempt from part I of chapter 92 and shall meet no fewer than four times a year; provided that the regional system boards and the corporation board shall meet together at least once a year. Each regional board shall meet at least six times each year; pro…
(a) There is established a ten-member captive insurance board that shall carry out the corporation's duties and responsibilities relating to the establishment of any captive insurance company pursuant to section [323F-7(c)(20)] and the operation thereof. (b) Eight members of the captive insurance board shall be appoint…
All corporation and regional system board members and employees of the corporation shall be subject to chapter 84.
(a) The corporation may request a criminal history record check of persons who are employed or seeking employment, or are current or prospective contractors, providers, or volunteers in any of the corporation's health facilities, in accordance with section 846–2.7. (b) For the purpose of this section, the criminal hist…
(a) The corporation and each regional system board shall be subject to the requirements of chapter 92F, except that the following categories of government records shall not be required to be disclosed: (1) Applications for credentials or staff privileges at any of the corporation's medical facilities, records from peer…
(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary and unless otherwise specified, only those duties and powers related to corporation-wide matters, including but not limited to corporation-wide budgeting, personnel policies, procurement policies, fiscal policies, accounting policies, policies related to affiliations, j…
If the Hawaii health systems corporation board is unable to act on important transactions in as timely a manner as the chairperson of the corporation board deems reasonable, the chairperson of the corporation board may further delegate authority to the regional system boards to take action on specific matters.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, including but not limited to section 27-1 and chapter 171, any of the regional systems or individual facilities of the Hawaii health systems corporation is hereby authorized to transition into a new legal entity in any form recognized under the laws of the State, inclu…
(a) The corporation board may appoint, by majority vote of its entire membership, a chief executive officer of the corporation whose salary shall be set by the corporation board and who shall be exempt from chapter 76 and section 26-35(a)(4). The chief executive officer may also appoint up to eighteen other personnel,…
(a) Upon establishment, a regional system board may appoint a regional chief executive officer whose salary shall be set by the corresponding regional system board and may discharge a regional chief executive officer; provided that the position shall be exempt from chapter 76 and section 26-35(a)(4). Each regional chie…
The corporation and regional system boards may employ or retain any attorney, by contract or otherwise, for the purpose of representing the corporation or regional system boards in any litigation, rendering legal counsel, or drafting legal documents for the corporation or regional system boards.
(a) On the transfer date, there shall be established within the corporation for each region, a public health facility management advisory committee to consist of nine members initially to be appointed by the chief executive officer of the corporation with the advice of the hospital administrators of the facilities in t…
(a) There is established within the corporation an executive public health facility management advisory committee to consist of the chairpersons of each of the five regional public health facility management advisory committees. The executive committee shall, through its chairperson, represent the interests of all regi…
Peer review activities shall be subject to chapters 663 and 671D and all other provisions and restrictions of medical peer review committees established by state law.
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the governor and executive branch agencies shall limit their responsibilities to that of review and oversight when the corporation or regional system board receives general funds from the State to subsidize the operating budgets of deficit facilities. The governor and exec…
(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 spect…
(a) There is created in the state treasury a special fund to be known as the health systems special fund, into which shall be deposited all fees, proceeds, reimbursements, and the like owed to or received by the corporation, any regional system board, and its facilities, except as herein provided. There shall be establ…
(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 au…
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.
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 th…
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; (…