STAND. COM. REP. NO.  335

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 1203

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1203 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to make the Physician Workforce Assessment Fee permanent by repealing the sunset date of Act 18, Special Session Laws of Hawaii 2009.

     The University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, the Hawaii Association for Justice, and a concerned individual testified in support of this bill.  The Hawaii Medical Board submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Providing that excess funds from the John A. Burns             School of Medicine Special Fund shall be used for              purposes as specified in this bill; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity        and consistency.

     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. 1203, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1203, 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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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair