STAND. COM. REP. 3480

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.C.R. No. 84

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Education and Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 84 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII TO SPEEDILY REBUILD A SCHOOL OF GLOBAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to urge the University of Hawaii to speedily rebuild a School of Global and Public Health.

Your Committees find that rebuilding the School of Global and Public Health will help avert a workforce crisis, bring in new financial resources to Hawaii, and protect the health and security of the people of Hawaii. A School of Global and Public Health is of critical importance as a service to our State as well as an important way to meet the University's research mission.

Your Committees further find that the closure of the School of Public Health has severely limited the ability of the University to meet the State's demands for public health professionals. The State now faces a shortage of these professionals at a time when their role in keeping us healthy is expanding. This situation affects our communities, the "ice epidemic", Hawaii's growing elderly population, bioterrorism, and health disparities.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Education and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 84, and recommend its adoption.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Education and Health,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair

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NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair