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HI HCR53

Concurrent Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/6/2019

Primary Sponsor

Richard Creagan

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Origin

House of Representatives

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requests the John A. Burns School of Medicine and University of Hawaii Community Design Center to conduct a feasibility study for a teaching hospital in West Hawaii, County of Hawaii

  • Study must analyze and recommend the hospital's scope, services, staffing needs, estimated costs for planning through maintenance, financing options, and location near Hawaii Community College-Palamanui, Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport, and Queen Kaahumanu Highway

  • Directs the study to consider how the teaching hospital can serve as a training site for students at Hawaii Community College-Palamanui and the John A. Burns School of Medicine

  • Requires submission of findings, recommendations, and proposed legislation to the Legislature no later than 20 days before the 2020 Regular Session convenes

  • Addresses Hawaii's physician shortage of 797 positions statewide, with the County of Hawaii facing 100 percent shortages in colorectal surgery, infectious diseases, and neonatal-perinatal subspecialties

Legislative Description

Requesting The John A. Burns School Of Medicine In Collaboration With The University Of Hawaii Community Design Center To Conduct A Feasibility Study For A Teaching Hospital In West Hawaii.

Requesting the John A. Burns School of Medicine in collaboration with the University of Hawaii Community Design Center to conduc

Last Action

Referred to LHE/HLT, FIN, referral sheet 33

3/14/2019

Committee Referrals

Lower and Higher Education3/14/2019

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