Honolulu, Hawaii
H.D. 1
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1949 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE JOHN A. BURNS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE SPECIAL FUND,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to expand Hawaii residents' access to health care by:
(1) Permitting monies in the John A. Burns School of Medicine Special Fund to be used for loan repayment for certain health care professionals and removing the cap on expenditures from the Special Fund; and
(2) Making permanent the physician workforce assessment fee and related requirements for use of monies in the John A. Burns School of Medicine Special Fund.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Retaining the cap on expenditures from the John A. Burns School of Medicine Special Fund;
(2) Extending to June 30, 2021, the sunset date of the physician workforce assessment fee and related requirements for use of monies in the John A. Burns School of Medicine Special Fund;
(3) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2525, to facilitate further discussion; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
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. 1949, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1949, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,
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ISAAC W. CHOY, Chair |
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