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Legislature advances bill to seek public‑private partnership for Guam Memorial Hospital Authority
Summary
The Guam Legislature amended and moved forward Bill 13‑38 COR to authorize a P3 process for the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority, dropping a contractor employment‑safeguard clause and adding cybersecurity and technical corrections; the measure was placed on third reading.
The Guam Legislature on the floor advanced legislation directing a public‑private partnership (P3) process to address long‑running financial and operational problems at the Guam Memorial Hospital Authority (GMHA), adopting several amendments and moving the measure to third reading.
Senators debated language that would shape an RFP process and the scope of any private management contract. Senator Duanez, who proffered an amendment, said the bill requires GMHA to “enter into a contract based on public private partnership with a private entity for purposes of improving the operational efficiency and healthcare provision of the hospital.” He told colleagues the P3 committee’s RFP “shall delineate a comprehensive scope of services expected from the private partner.”
The bill’s central change would authorize a P3 committee — and direct GEDA and other stakeholders to develop an RFP (the transcript and members repeatedly referenced GEDA’s earlier RFP 24‑006) — to evaluate management options, programmatic and fiscal challenges, accreditation requirements and possible…
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