THE SENATE

THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2016

 

COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND THE ARTS

Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, Chair

 

 

COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, CONSUMER PROTECTION, AND HEALTH

Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair

Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Vice Chair

 

NOTICE OF HEARING

 

 

DATE:

Thursday, February 11, 2016

TIME:

1:45 p.m.

PLACE:

Conference Room 224

State Capitol

415 South Beretania Street

 

A G E N D A

 

SB 2767

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Appropriates moneys for the University of Hawaii to hire three psychologists and one case manager to provide student mental health services.

 

HEA/CPH, WAM

SB 2388

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE JOHN A. BURNS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE SPECIAL FUND.

Permits moneys in the John A. Burns school of medicine special fund to be used for loan repayment for certain health care professionals.  Removes the cap on expenditures from the special fund.  Removes the sunset date from the physician workforce assessment fee and related requirements for use of moneys in the John A. Burns school of medicine special fund.

 

HEA/CPH, JDL/WAM

SB 3017

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Appropriates funds to the John A. Burns School of Medicine to fund medical residency programs to help alleviate the shortage of primary care physicians in rural Oahu and neighbor island communities.

 

HEA/CPH, WAM

SB 2050

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO HEALTH.

Establishes the joint campus of the John A. Burns school of medicine and the University of Hawaii cancer center as the Hawaii health sciences campus at the University of Hawaii at Kakaako, to be an administratively separate branch of the University of Hawaii at Manoa.  Appoints the dean of the John A. Burns school of medicine as the administrative head.  Converts the bond debt service owed by the University of Hawaii cancer center to a general obligation bond and combines it with the John A. Burns school of medicine debt.  Requires a five-year business plan to be submitted to the legislature by 01/01/17.  Appropriates funds for the transition into a joint campus.

 

HEA/CPH, WAM

 

 

 

 

Decision Making to follow, if time permits.

 

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Senator Rosalyn H. Baker

Chair

 

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Senator Brian T. Taniguchi

Chair