CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 43

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2021

RE: H.B. No. 313

H.D. 2

S.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 313, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Repeal the requirement that no less than fifty percent of the assessment fees deposited into the John A. Burns School of Medicine Special Fund be used for purposes identified by the Hawaii Medical Education Council;

(2) Repeal the monetary cap of expenditures from the John A. Burns School of Medicine Special Fund; and

(3) Authorize monies in the John A. Burns School of Medicine Special Fund to be used to provide loan repayment to physicians who commit to working in medically underserved areas of the State as part of the Hawaii State Loan Repayment Program and award scholarships for qualifying medical students.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that the name of the loan repayment program is the "Hawaii State Loan Repayment Program";

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2021; and

(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 313, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 313, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ DONNA MERCADO KIM Chair	____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE Co-Chair
____________________________ DRU KANUHA Co-Chair	____________________________ GREGG TAKAYAMA Co-Chair
____________________________ KARL RHOADS Co-Chair	____________________________ ADRIAN K. TAM Co-Chair