STAND. COM. REP. NO.  903

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1203

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

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 H.B. No. 1203, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to support the ongoing assessment and planning of the physician workforce in Hawaii by:

 

     (1)  Making the Physician Workforce Assessment Fee permanent by repealing the sunset date of Act 18, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2009; and

 

     (2)  Requiring any excess funds from the John A. Burns School  of Medicine (JABSOM) Special Fund to be used for certain reimbursement and educational purposes.

 

     JABSOM of the University of Hawaii testified in support of this bill.  The Hawaii Medical Board testified in opposition to this measure.  The Hawaii Medical Association provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing its effective date to July 1, 2030, to encourage further discussion.


     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 H.B. No. 1203, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1203, H.D. 2.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair