STAND. COM. REP. NO. 414-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2546

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health & Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 2546 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR AN OUTPATIENT CENTER,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to provide greater access to primary healthcare by appropriating $1,000,000 to the Department of Health to assist Hawaii Pacific Health in the financing for the construction of a family medicine office practice and team-based training site at the Pali Momi outpatient center.

The Department of Health, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure. The Department of the Attorney General provided comments.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Appropriating the funds for the financing of the construction of a family medicine office practice and team-based training site as a grant pursuant to Chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, rather than a direct appropriation to the Department of Health;

(2) Changing the recipient of the appropriated grant monies from Hawaii Pacific Health to the University Clinical, Education and Research Associates (UCERA) dba University Health Partners of Hawaii (UHP), the Faculty Practice Plan of the University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School of Medicine;

(3) Specifying that the constructed family medicine office practice and team-based training site will serve as the family medicine office practice for the John A. Burns School of Medicine Family Medicine Residency Program;

(4) Changing the appropriation amount to an unspecified amount and specifying that the Department of Health coordinate with the University Clinical, Education and Research Associates (UCERA) dba University Health Partners of Hawaii (UHP) when expending the funds;

(5) Changing its effective date to July 1, 3000, to facilitate further discussion; and

(6) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

Should the Committee on Finance deliberate this measure further, your Committee on Health and Human Services respectfully requests that it consider appropriating $1,000,000 for the financing for the construction of a family medicine office practice and team-based training site at the Pali Momi outpatient center.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health & Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2546, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2546, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health & Human Services,

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair