STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1958

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2025

RE: S.B. No. 299

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 299, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LOAN REPAYMENT FOR HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the Healthcare Education Loan Repayment Program to continue to provide loan repayment assistance to qualified applicants, under certain conditions.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health; Office of Hawaiian Affairs; University of Hawai‘i System; Hawai‘i State Center for Nursing; State Council on Mental Health; Healthcare Association of Hawaii; Hawai‘i Pacific Health; AlohaCare; Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition; Hawaii Primary Care Association; Liberty Dialysis Hawai‘i; Democratic Party of Hawai‘i; The Queen's Health Systems; Hawaii Association of Health Plans; Hawaii Dental Service; Kaiser Permanente Hawai‘i; Hawaii Medical Service Association; and Hawai‘i-American Nurses Association. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Office of the Governor.

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 S.B. No. 299, S.D. 2, 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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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair