CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 36

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2017

RE:    H.B. No. 916

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

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. 916, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

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

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 appropriate funds to the Department of Health, to be expended in coordination with the John A. Burns School of Medicine of the University of Hawaii at Manoa, for the health care provider loan repayment program.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Making a technical amendment to correctly identify the health care provider loan repayment program;

     (2)  Specifying that psychologists, as well as physicians, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners may be eligible for loan repayments through the program;

     (3)  Inserting an appropriation amount of $250,000; and

     (4)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2017.

     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. 916, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 916, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER Chair	____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI Co-Chair
____________________________ KAIALI'I KAHELE Co-Chair	____________________________ ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY Co-Chair
____________________________ J. KALANI ENGLISH Co-Chair	____________________________ BERTRAND KOBAYASHI Co-Chair