STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3382

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2392

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2392 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to appropriate funds to the University of Hawaii to provide stipends for students and, at the discretion of the John A. Burns School of Medicine, support for existing programs of the Imi Hoola Post-Baccalaureate Program.

Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the University of Hawaii System, Hawaii Public Health Association, Hawaii State Rural Health Association, Hawaii Public Health Institute, Chamber of Commerce Hawaii, and numerous individuals.

Your Committee finds that this measure supports the training and education of students from disadvantaged backgrounds who are pursuing a medical education in the State. Your Committee further finds that this measure aligns with the need to support and increase the training, education, and success of medical professionals in the State to meet Hawaii's growing health care needs.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion on the measure; and

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

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2392, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2392, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

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DONOVAN M. DELA CRUZ, Chair