STAND. COM. REP. NO.  508

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1369

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1369 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure access to medical care on Oahu's neighbor islands by establishing a loan repayment program and housing stipend program for University of Hawaii medical school graduates practicing in counties with a population of less than 500,000 for a minimum of six years.

 

     The Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii and Hawaii Medical Service Association supported this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Setting the maximum annual amount of the housing stipend at an amount in accordance with rules adopted by the Board of Regents;

 

(2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

 

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1369, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1369, H.D. 1.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair