HRS §323F-33

How Hawaii Medical Center-East can join the corporation

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗

This section allows Hawaii Medical Center-East on Oahu to join the Hawaii health systems corporation through negotiation. The corporation can use different business arrangements, and after joining, the center is run by the corporation. The center's old debts stay with the center, not the corporation, and it gets certain exemptions from state purchasing and meeting rules.

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The statute, as written — Hawaii Medical Center-East; affiliation; acquisition

A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.

(a) Hawaii Medical Center-East on Oahu may be assimilated into the corporation by negotiation between the corporation and the owners of Hawaii Medical Center-East. Assimilation may be accomplished with the creation of a new entity, a partnership, a long-term lease, or any other vehicle determined to be in the best interests of the public by the corporation board and as negotiated with the owners of Hawaii Medical Center-East. After assimilation, Hawaii Medical Center-East shall be operated by the corporation, either directly, through contractors, or through a subsidiary. (b) None of the liabilities of Hawaii Medical Center-East shall become liabilities of the corporation. (c) Hawaii Medical Center-East, once assimilated, shall be exempt from chapter 102 and section 103-53, and its board of directors, if any, shall be exempt from part I of chapter 92. (d) The purchase of goods and services by or on behalf of Hawaii Medical Center-East, after assimilation, shall be exempt from chapters 103D and 103F. (e) Assimilation of Hawaii Medical Center-East into the Hawaii health systems corporation shall be exempt from part VII of chapter 323D. (f) As used in this section, "Hawaii Medical Center-East" means the facility previously known as Hawaii Medical Center-East located on Liliha street on the island of Oahu.

Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§103-53 State and county contracts: tax clearance and payment rules

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