THE SENATE

THE THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE

REGULAR SESSION OF 2021

 

COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION

Senator Donna Mercado Kim, Chair

Senator Michelle N. Kidani, Vice Chair

 

 

MEASURES DEFERRED TO TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2021

 

DATE:

Tuesday, February 16, 2021

TIME:

3:05 P.M.

PLACE:

Conference Room 229 & Videoconference

 

THE STATE CAPITOL IS CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC DURING THE ONGOING COVID-19 PANDEMIC

 

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DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING MEASURE(S):

 

SB 358

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE COLLEGE SAVINGS PROGRAM.

Establishes a state income tax deduction for eligible contributions made to any college savings program under section 529 of the Internal Revenue Code.  Applies to taxable years beginning after 12/31/2020. 

 

HRE, WAM

SB 589

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.

Establishes an organized research unit for cancer research within the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine.

 

HRE, WAM

SB 1024

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO EDUCATION.

Establishes a cannabinoid medicine program within the University of Hawaii to be administered by the John A. Burns school of medicine.

 

HRE, WAM

SB 613

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO PHYSICIAN WORKFORCE ASSESSMENT.

Repeals the requirement that no less than fifty per cent of the physician workforce assessment fees deposited into the John A. Burns school of medicine special fund be used for purposes identified by the Hawaii medical education council.  Repeals the monetary cap of expenditures from the John A. Burns school of medicine special fund.  Authorizes the John A. Burns school of medicine special fund to provide loan repayment to certain physicians and scholarships to qualifying medical students.

 

HRE, WAM/JDC

SB 1225

      Status & Testimony

RELATING TO THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII BOARD OF REGENTS INDEPENDENT AUDIT COMMITTEE.

Allows the chair of the Independent Audit Committee of the University of Hawaii Board of Regents to be selected in a manner consistent with its bylaws and makes other clarifying amendments.

 

HRE, JDC

 

 

 

 

 

No testimony will be accepted.

 

FOR AMENDED NOTICES:  Measures that have been deleted are stricken through and measures that have been added are underscored.  If a measure is both underscored and stricken through, that measure has been deleted from the agenda.

 

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