Statewide health coordinating council
HRS §323D-13
in effect323D-13. Statewide health coordinating council
(a) There is established a statewide health coordinating council which shall be advisory to the state agency and the membership of which as appointed by the governor shall not exceed twenty members.
(b) The members of the statewide council shall
be appointed by the governor in accordance with section 26-34, provided that a
nonvoting, ex officio member who is the representative of the Department of
Veterans Affairs shall be designated by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The membership of the statewide council shall be broadly representative of the
age, sex, ethnic, income, and other groups that make up the population of the
State and shall include representation from the subarea councils, business,
labor, and health care providers. A majority but not more than eleven of the
members shall be consumers of health care who are not also providers of health
care.
(c) The statewide council shall select a
chairperson from among its members. The members of the statewide council shall
not be compensated but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in
the performance of their duties.
(d) The number of members necessary to
constitute a quorum to do business shall consist of a majority of all members
who have accepted nomination to the council, and have been confirmed and
qualified as members of the council. When a quorum is in attendance, the
concurrence of a majority of the members in attendance shall make any action of
the council valid.
(e) No member of the statewide council shall,
in the exercise of any function of the statewide council described in section
323D-14(3), vote on any matter before the statewide council respecting any
individual or entity with which the member has or, within the twelve months
preceding the vote, had any substantial ownership, employment, medical staff,
fiduciary, contractual, creditor, or consultative relationship. The statewide
council shall require each of its members who has or has had such a relationship
with an individual or entity involved in any matter before the statewide
council to make a written disclosure of the relationship before any action is
taken by the statewide council with respect to the matter in the exercise of
any function described in section 323D-14 and to make the relationship public
in any meeting in which the action is to be taken.
[L 1975, c 159, pt of §2; am
L 1976, c 152, §4; am L 1977, c 178, pt of §2; am L 1978, c 129, §3; am L 1980,
c 75, §4; am L 1984, c 267, §5; am L 2017, c 12, §1]
Source: Hawaii State Legislature (capitol.hawaii.gov), via Internet Archive capturesURL: http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol06_Ch0321-0344/HRS0323D/HRS_0323D-0013.htmFetched: 11/10/2026