STAND. COM. REP. NO.  24

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   H.B. No. 1369

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1369 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to address the shortage of physicians in rural areas by encouraging University of Hawaii medical school graduates to practice for a minimum of six years in counties with populations of less than 500,000, through the establishment of and appropriation of funds for an education loan program and housing stipend program.

     The League of Women Voters of Hawaii testified in support of this bill.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1369 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Health.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair