STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2070

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 164

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 164, S.D. 2, 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 matching funds for the Hawaii State Loan Repayment Program through the John A. Burns School of Medicine of the University of Hawaii at Manoa to provide loan repayment for health care professionals who commit to work in a federally-designated health professional shortage area in the State.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health, University of Hawai‘i John A. Burns School of Medicine, Hawaii Primary Care Association, Hawaii Substance Abuse Coalition, Hawaii Psychological Association, Hawai‘i - American Nurses Association, Hawai‘i State Center for Nursing, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Hawai‘i Pacific Health, Kaiser Permanente Hawai‘i, The Queen's Health System, AlohaCare, Hawaii Medical Association, The Kūpuna Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, National Association of Social Workers - Hawai‘i Chapter, Hawaii Medical Service Association, Hawaiian Islands Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, National Union of Healthcare Workers, and four individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations.

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. 164, S.D. 2, 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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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair