STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1019

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 1046

      S.D. 1

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 S.B. No. 1046, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to:

     (1)  Provide opportunities for health science and education students at the University of Hawaii (UH) at Manoa to participate in interdisciplinary teams at rural sites with faculty and community members; and

     (2)  Address the shortage of health professionals in underserved rural communities in the state,

by appropriating funds to support the Hawaii Quentin Burdick Rural Health Interdisciplinary Training Program.

     Several concerned individuals supported this bill.  UH at Manoa offered comments.

     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 S.B. No. 1046, S.D. 1, 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