STAND. COM. REP. NO.  680

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 285

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 285, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE JOHN A. BURNS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to help address a growing shortage of physicians in Hawaii by establishing the John A. Burns School of Medicine Scholarship Program, which covers the cost of tuition and fees for a full course of study at the John A. Burns School of Medicine in return for a five-year service commitment to practice in the State.

The Hawaii Health Systems Corporation Corporate Board of Directors, The Queen's Health Systems, the Hawaii Primary Care Association, the Hawaii Medical Association, and a concerned individual supported the measure.  The University of Hawaii submitted comments.

     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. 285, 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