STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1802-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2597

S.D. 1

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 S.B. No. 2597, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to appropriate funds for the Hawaii State Loan Repayment Program administered through the John A. Burns School of Medicine, subject to a matching funds requirement.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health, John A. Burns of School Medicine at the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Hawai‘i Primary Care Association, Hawai‘i State Rural Health Association, Hawai‘i Pacific Health, Hawaii Medical Association, Hawai‘i Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians, The Queen's Health Systems, and Hawaii Psychiatric Medical Association. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Budget and Finance, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, and Hawai‘i State Center for Nursing.

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 S.B. No. 2597, S.D. 1, 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