STAND. COM. REP. NO. 983-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 1548

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1548, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds to the John A. Burns School of Medicine to expand medical school and residency training through the United States Department of Veterans Affairs graduate medical education programs.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Hawaii Primary Care Association, Hawai‘i Psychiatric Medical Association, Hawai‘i Pacific Health, and The Queen's Health Systems. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance.

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. 1548, 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