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. 158 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to encourage the establishment of a College of Pharmacy at the University of Hawaii at Hilo.

Your Committees received testimony in support of the measure from the Hilo Medical Center and Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.

Your Committees find that there is a shortage of pharmacists throughout the nation, including Hawaii. This has a negative impact on the quality of health care. A college of pharmacy at the University of Hawaii at Hilo could not only help address this shortage but also have a positive economic impact on the State as well.

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. 158, and recommend its adoption.