[§322H-1]  Hawaii health authority;establishment.  (a)  There is established within the department of budgetand finance for administrative purposes the Hawaii health authority.  Theauthority shall be an autonomous public body corporate and politic and aninstrumentality of the State.

(b)  The authority shall be composed of ninemembers appointed by the governor as provided in section 26-34; provided thatthree members shall be appointed from a list of nominees submitted by thespeaker of the house of representatives and three members shall be appointedfrom a list of nominees submitted by the president of the senate.  All membersshall be appointed for terms of four years each.

(c)  One member shall be selected to be theexecutive director and confirmed by a majority vote of a quorum of the membersof the Hawaii health authority.

(d)  Each member shall hold office until themember's successor is appointed and qualified.

(e)  Five members shall constitute a quorum,whose affirmative vote shall be necessary for all valid actions by theauthority. [L Sp 2009, c 11, pt of §2]