STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1542

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   S.B. No. 596

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 596, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAII HEALTH CORPS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to assist medically underserved communities in the State by appropriating an unspecified amount of funds to implement and sustain the Hilo Medical Center's rural interdisciplinary residency program.

 

     The Hawaii Health Systems Corporation Board of Directors, John A. Burns School of Medicine of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, East Hawaii Region of Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, Hawaii State Center for Nursing, and the County of Hawaii supported this bill.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 596, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair