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COUNTY OF HAWAII • _ ' > •` STATE OF HAWAII • , o;.M+. t[ RESOLUTION NO. 496 14 A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES TO INCLUDE IN ITS 2015 LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE A BILL TO FUND THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION PRIMARY CARE TRAINING PROGRAM. WHEREAS, the State of Hawai`i is facing a severe shortage of health care providers, especially in primary care; and WHEREAS, access to quality health care on Hawai`i Island is a critical and growing problem; and WHEREAS, the Hawai`i Physician Workforce Assessment Project reported to the 2014 Legislature that in 2013 the physician supply fell short of the physician demand by 37 percent on Hawai`i County; 35 percent on Kaua`i County; 27 percent on Maui County and 15 percent in the City and County of Honolulu; and WHEREAS, the Hawai`i Health Systems Corporation Primary Care Training Program is a statewide program administered by Hilo Medical Center; and WHEREAS, the Primary Care Training Program includes the Hawai`i Island Family Medicine Residency Program and training for advanced practice nurses from the School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa and the School of Nursing at the University of Hawai`i at Hilo, clinical pharmacists from the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy, and post-doctoral fellows from I Ola Lahui, an organization that trains psychologists to meet the needs of those living in rural areas; and WHEREAS, on July 1, 2014, the three-year Hawai`i Island Family Medicine Residency Program achieved full accreditation and began training its first class of four resident physicians; and WHEREAS, continued access to quality health care in Hawai`i is dependent on the success of programs like the Hawai`i Health Systems Corporation Primary Care Training Program; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the Hawai`i State Association of Counties is requested to include in its 2015 legislative package a bill appropriating $2,800,000, or funds as may be necessary, out of the general revenue of the State of Hawai`i for a primary care training program at Hilo Medical Center as provided in the bill attached hereto.