STAND. COM. REP. NO.  245

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

RE:   H.B. No. 285

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 285 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE JOHN A. BURNS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to address an increasing shortage of physicians in the State by establishing the John A. Burns School of Medicine Scholarship Program, which covers the cost of tuition and fees for a full course of study at the John A. Burns School of Medicine in return for a five-year service commitment to practice in the State.

The Queen's Health Systems and Hawaii Primary Care Association testified in support of this measure.  One concerned individual testified in opposition to this measure.  The University of Hawaii at Manoa John A. Burns School of Medicine provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2525, to promote further discussion.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 285, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 285, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

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ISAAC W. CHOY, Chair