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HI HB718

Bill

Status

Passed

5/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Gregg Takayama

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Appropriates $763,000 for fiscal year 2025-2026 and $763,000 for fiscal year 2026-2027 to the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine.

  • Funds three full-time equivalent faculty positions: one each in cardiovascular biology, tropical medicine, and quantitative health biostatistics.

  • Funds one full-time equivalent environmental health and safety officer staff position to manage chiller plant operations and injection well testing following the end of the Honolulu Board of Water Supply contract on September 15, 2025.

  • Establishes these positions to strengthen biomedical research, address health disparities in Hawaii and the Asia-Pacific region, and advance infectious disease research capabilities.

  • Takes effect on July 1, 2025.

Legislative Description

Relating To Positions At The John A. Burns School Of Medicine.

Appropriation ($)

Last Action

Act 086, on 05/27/2025 (Gov. Msg. No. 1186).

5/27/2025

Committee Referrals

Ways and Means3/20/2025
Higher Education3/4/2025
Finance2/10/2025
Higher Education1/21/2025

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