STAND. COM. REP. NO.  758

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 428

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 428, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow the John A. Burns School of Medicine to continue to receive a portion of the physician workforce assessment fee for ongoing physician workforce assessment and planning to support the recruitment and retention of physicians in the State, particularly those in rural and medically underserved areas. 

The University of Hawaii; Hawaii State Center for Nursing; Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO; East Hawaii Region of Hawaii Health Systems Corporation; The Queen's Health Systems; Hawaii Pacific Health; Hawaii Academy of Family Physicians; International Longshore and Warehouse Union, Local 142; and many individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Hawaii Medical Association, Hawaii Medical Board, and one individual commented on this measure.

     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 H.B. No. 428, 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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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair