STAND. COM. REP. NO.  337

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 847

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 847 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to address the shortage of primary care providers in the State by appropriating funds for the Interdisciplinary Hawaii Health Systems Corporation Primary Care Training Program at Hilo medical center.

 

     The Council member from District 3, Hawaii County Council; Council member from District 4, Hawaii County Council; member of the Kauai County Council; Hawaii Fire Department; Hawaii Health Systems Corporation; Hawaii Health Systems Corporation Corporate Board; Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, West Hawaii Region; Hilo Medical Center Foundation; Community First; Ka'u Hospital; Zonta Club of Hilo; Hawaii Island Chamber of Commerce; Hawaii Island Family Medicare Residency; Queen's Health Systems; Hawaii Primary Care Association; and numerous individuals testified in support of this measure.  

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the appropriation amounts for the Interdisciplinary Hawaii Health Systems Corporation Primary Care Training Program at Hilo Medical Center for each year of fiscal biennium 2015-2017 to unspecified amounts; and

 

     (2)  Changing the effective date of this measure to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

 

     Should the Committee on Finance deliberate this measure further, your Committee respectfully requests that it consider appropriating $3,600,000 for fiscal year 2015-2016 and $3,7000,000 for fiscal year 2016-2017 for the Interdisciplinary Hawaii Health Systems Corporation Primary Care Training Program at Hilo Medical Center.

 

     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. 847, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 847, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair