STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1426-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 56

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 56 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION EXPRESSING STRONG SUPPORT FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WAHIAWA CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH TO PROVIDE PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE SERVICES TO THE MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED POPULATION OF WAHIAWA AND ITS SURROUNDING RURAL COMMUNITIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to express strong legislative support for the establishment of The Wahiawa Center for Community Health to provide primary medical care services to the medically underserved population of Wahiawa and its surrounding rural communities.

 

     The Department of Health, FACE Oahu, The Queen's Health Systems, Hawaii Association of Health Plans, Ohana Health Plan, Hawaii Primary Care Association, The Wahiawa Center for Community Health, and several individuals testified in support of this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 56 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

 

 

 

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair