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HI HR54

Resolution

Status

Introduced

3/6/2019

Primary Sponsor

Richard Creagan

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Origin

House of Representatives

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Request 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 hospital size, services, staffing needs, estimated costs for planning through maintenance, financing options, and optimal location near Hawaii Community College--Palamanui, Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport, and Queen Kaahumanu Highway

  • Study must consider how the teaching hospital could serve as an additional training site for Hawaii Community College--Palamanui and John A. Burns School of Medicine students

  • Report findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, must be submitted to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the convening of the Regular Session of 2020

  • Resolution addresses statewide physician shortage of 797 positions and County of Hawaii's 100 percent shortage in colorectal surgery, infectious diseases, and neonatal-perinatal specialties

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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