THE TWENTY-EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
REGULAR SESSION OF 2016
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Senator Brian T. Taniguchi, Chair |
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Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair |
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Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Vice Chair |
NOTICE OF HEARING
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DATE: |
Thursday, February 11, 2016 |
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1:45 p.m. |
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Conference Room 224 State Capitol 415 South Beretania Street |
A G E N D A
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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.
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HEA/CPH, WAM |
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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.
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HEA/CPH, JDL/WAM |
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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.
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HEA/CPH, WAM |
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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.
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HEA/CPH, WAM |
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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 |
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