STAND. COM. REP. NO.  580-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1652

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1652, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HIGHER EDUCATION,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish a five-year pilot program under which the College of Pharmacy of the University of Hawaii at Hilo will be financially and managerially independent.  This measure also:

 

     (1)  Establishes a University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Pharmacy Special Fund;

 

     (2)  Establishes a Board of Governors for the University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Pharmacy;

 

     (3)  Authorizes the issuance of general obligation and revenue bonds for the construction of a facility to house the University of Hawaii at Hilo College of Pharmacy; and

 

     (4)  Makes various appropriations.

 

     The Mayor of the County of Hawaii; a councilmember of the Hawaii County Council representing the 3rd District; Hawaii State Teachers Association, Hilo Chapter; Hawaii Island Economic Development Board; Hawaii Island Chamber of Commerce; United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO (UPW); Hawaii Island Contractors Association; Hawaii Leeward Planning Conference; East Hawaii Region of Hawaii Health Systems Corporation; Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Kaiser Permanente Hawaii; West Hawaii Regional Board of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation; Hilo Medical Center Foundation; Friends of Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy; Allied Machinery Corporation; and numerous individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Department of Budget and Finance, University of Hawaii, and Healthcare Association of Hawaii provided comments on this measure.

 

     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. 1652, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair