Lingle-Aiona Initiatives 2008 - Healthcare (5 of 14)
Lingle-Aiona Initiatives 2008, recently published in the Honolulu Advertiser are available on-line using this link. This post relates to healthcare, one of 14 initiative areas contained in the document. Some initiatives are recycled or continued from prior years. Stay tuned to see how the bills/initiatives progress.
Healthcare - CCA-23(08)/HB3102/SB3024 caps various limits for malpractice awards; GOV-13(08)/HB3123/SB3045 to reduce the number of instance where a certificate of need (CON) is required to begin or end offering medical services, change location of services or construct any type of medical facility, requiring public hearings and to giving greater weigh to county councils’ decisions in these matters.