HI HB1548

Appropriates funds from general revenues to the John A. Burns School of Medicine at the University of Hawaii at Manoa for fiscal year 2022-2023 to expand medical school and residency training through the Department of Veterans Affairs graduate medical education programs.

Addresses Hawaii's shortage of an estimated 537 to 732 full-time equivalent physicians, with particular need in primary care, internal medicine, and specialty physicians on neighbor islands designated as medically underserved areas.

Notes that 80 percent of graduates who complete medical school and residency training in Hawaii remain in the State to practice, making expanded training capacity beneficial for physician workforce retention.

Appropriation amount is left blank in the bill text.

Takes effect July 1, 2050.