Hawaii Revised Statutes 323F-7.6 – Transition of Hawaii health systems regional system or health facility to a new entity
Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 323F-7.6
- Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
- Corporation: means the body corporate and politic known as the Hawaii health systems corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 323F-1
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Department: means the department of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 323F-1
- Director: means the director of health. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 323F-1
- Division: means the programs, services, and facilities operated by the department of health, division of community hospitals, prior to the transfer date. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 323F-1
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Liabilities: The aggregate of all debts and other legal obligations of a particular person or legal entity.
- Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
- Regional system board: means a community-based governing board of directors of a regional system of the corporation. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 323F-1
A transition shall occur through the sale, lease, or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the facility or regional system, except for real property, which shall only be transferred by lease; provided that under a transfer that is effectuated pursuant to paragraph (5), real property shall transfer in its then-existing state, whether in lease, fee, or otherwise, to the department of land and natural resources. Any transition shall comply with chapter 323D.
Upon the completion of the transition of all the facilities in a regional system to a new entity, the regional system board for that regional system shall terminate; provided that if not all of a regional system’s facilities are transitioned to a new entity, the existing regional system board shall not terminate but shall continue to retain jurisdiction over those facilities remaining in the regional system.