STAND. COM. REP. NO.  767

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 417

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 417, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to address the shortage of primary care providers and improve access to healthcare by appropriating funds for the interdisciplinary Hawaii Health Systems Corporation Primary Care Training Program at Hilo Medical Center.

The Office of the Mayor for the County of Hawaii, Kauai County Council, Hawaii County Council, a member of the City Council of the City and County of Honolulu, Hawaii Council of Mayors, the Chancellor of the University of Hawaii at Hilo, the College of Pharmacy at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, John A. Burns School of Medicine, the School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, Hawaii Health Systems Corporation East Hawaii Regional Board, Hilo Medical Center Foundation, Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Hawaii, Hawaii Island Chamber of Commerce, Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce, Hawaii Island Portuguese Chamber of Commerce, AARP, Hawaii Medical Association, Hawaii Medical Service Association, Hawaii Island Family Medicine Residency Program, North Hawaii Community Hospital, Hawaii State Center for Nursing, Hawaii Island Healthcare Alliance, and numerous concerned individuals submitted testimony in support of the measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Amending appropriations to unspecified amounts; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 417, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 417, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair