Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 74 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the University of Hawaii at Hilo (UH-Hilo) and the Department of Business, Economic Devlopment, and Tourism (DBEDT) to study the feasibility of implementing a school of pharmacy at UH-Hilo.

UH-Hilo and the Hawaii Pharmacists Association submitted testimony in support of this measure. DBEDT submitted comments on this measure.

Your Committee finds that there is a severe shortage of pharmacists nationwide and locally, especially in rural areas. The State must investigate ways to alleviate this shortage, and studying the feasibility of creating a school of pharmacy at UH-Hilo will begin this necessary process.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 74 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.