STAND. COM. REP. NO.  306

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 586

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 586 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure the availability of public health workers trained in civil defense, emergency response, and community health, by appropriating funds for the development, staffing, and implementation of a Public Health Distance Training Program at the University of Hawaii (UH) that will be accessible by students across the state.

 

     Several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The John A. Burns School of Medicine of the UH supported the intent of this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the appropriation amounts to $1 to encourage              further discussion; and

 

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


 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 586, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 586, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

 

 

 

 

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair