STAND. COM. REP. NO.  229-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 1597

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1597 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to address the shortage of primary care providers in the State by appropriating funds for the Interdisciplinary Hawaii Health Systems Corporation Primary Care Training Program at Maui Memorial Medical Center.

The University of Hawaii, Hawaii Medical Association, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, and an individual supported this measure.  An individual commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; and

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

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1597, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1597, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Higher Education.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair