THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2009

 

COMMITTEE ON HEALTH

Senator David Y. Ige, Chair

Senator Josh Green, M.D., Vice Chair

 

COMMITTEE ON HUMAN SERVICES

Senator Suzanne Chun Oakland, Chair

Senator Les Ihara, Jr., Vice Chair

 

 

NOTICE OF INFORMATIONAL BRIEFING

 

 

DATE:

Friday March 6, 2009

TIME:

2:45 PM

PLACE:

Conference Room 016

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

Presentation:         Community Health Centers in Hawaii are the front lines for meeting many of the emerging needs for high quality, accessible healthcare in underserved areas and communities with significant numbers of people who are underserved by virtue of lack of health insurance or economic, cultural, or geographic barriers.  The 14 Community Health Centers located on the six major islands collectively care for more than 100,000 people.

 

The Hawaii Primary Care Association will provide the committee with an update on its Community Health Centers, and share insights on the challenges and opportunities of serving rural areas, emerging trends and the future direction of healthcare, workforce development and physician shortages, and the critical and strategic role that community health centers can play in strengthening safety-net services.

 

No public testimony will be accepted

 

FOR AMENDED HEARING NOTICES:  If the notice is an amended notice, measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If there is a measure that is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

If you require special assistance or auxiliary aids or services to participate in the public hearing process (i.e., sign or foreign language interpreter, wheelchair accessibility, or parking designated for the disabled) please contact the committee clerk 24 hours prior to the hearing so arrangements can be made.

 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL THE COMMITTEE CLERK AT 586-6230.

 

 

 

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Senator  Suzanne Chun Oakland

Chair

 

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Senator David Y. Ige

Chair