[§323F-58] Operating support. (a) Without regard to chapter 42F, the private entity or its nonprofit management entity to which one or more of the facilities of the Maui regional system has been transferred pursuant to this part may seek funds from the State for its operating costs, as defined in section 37-62, of a transferred facility by preparing a budgetary request in accordance with procedures and criteria established by the director of finance. In no event shall the amount requested exceed the amount appropriated for the operating costs of the Maui regional system for the 2014 fiscal year. The director of finance shall review the request and may include some or all of the amount requested in the executive budget of the department of health. Any appropriation made in response to the request shall be subject to the allotment system generally applicable to all appropriations made by the legislature. The department of health shall be responsible for transferring the funds allotted to the private entity or its nonprofit management entity for expenditure.
(b) To qualify to request funds from the State under this section, the private entity or its nonprofit management entity to which one or more of the facilities of the Maui regional system has been transferred pursuant to this part shall satisfy the following standards and conditions: