STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1437-18
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2018
RE: S.B. No. 2320
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Ninth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2018
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2320, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AN UNDERGRADUATE HEALTH SCIENCES ACADEMY,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The University of Hawai‘i System, The Queen's Health Systems, Kamehameha Schools, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and many concerned individuals testified in support of this measure. The Department of Health and Department of Human Services testified in support of the intent of this measure. The Ka Lāhui Hawaii Political Action Committee testified in support of this measure with amendments.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
While this measure is laudable, your Committee feels that it may be better to insert it in the Executive Supplemental Budget to help support the program and the attraction of qualified candidates.
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 S.B. No. 2320, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2320, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,
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____________________________ ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair |
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