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HRS §323F-2

Creating the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation and its five regions

This section creates the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation as a state agency under the Department of Health. It divides the corporation into five regional health care systems covering different parts of the state, each with a number from I to V.

state agencies

The statute, as written — Hawaii health systems corporation

(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 organization shall be divided into five regional systems, as follows: (1) The Oahu regional health care system, which may include the state veterans home on Maui; (2) The Kauai regional health care system; (3) The Maui regional health care system; (4) The east Hawaii regional health care system, comprising the Puna district, north Hilo district, south Hilo district, Hamakua district, and Kau district; and (5) The west Hawaii regional health care system, comprising the north Kohala district, south Kohala district, north Kona district, and south Kona district; and shall be identified as regional systems I, II, III, IV, and V, respectively.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§26-35 How boards and commissions are supervised

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