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•oo•••. oc H. • Roy Takemoto <br /> • • \6t,' • Managing Director <br /> Harry Kim • • <br /> ''1!\ • <br /> Mayor .11":;:;_oF Barbara J. Kossow <br /> Deputy Managing Director <br /> County of Hawai`i <br /> Office of the Mayor <br /> 25 Aupuni Street,Suite 2603 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 • (808)961-8211 • Fax(808)961-6553 <br /> KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Bldg C • Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 <br /> (808)323-4444 • Fax(808)323-4440 <br /> March 13, 2020 <br /> Representative John M. Mizuno, Chair <br /> Representative Bertrand Kobayashi, Vice Chair <br /> Committee on Health <br /> Hawaii State Legislature <br /> Dear Chair Mizuno, Vice-Chair Kobayashi, and Committee Members: <br /> RE: HCR 177/HR 156 Recognizing and Supporting Ongoing Collaborative <br /> Efforts to Produce a Rural Health Care Delivery Hub Plan to Address the <br /> Physician Shortage and Improve Health Care in Rural Areas <br /> HCR 177 and HR 156 are easy to support. They seek to address a critical <br /> need—our healthcare shortage—at a time when healthcare is uppermost in our minds <br /> and in a place (rural Hawaii) where the shortage is most acute. <br /> If the collaboration described produces the "rural health care delivery hub plan" <br /> envisioned, there will no doubt be a concurrent demand for additional funding to <br /> implement it. Although County resources are limited, I want to assure the players that <br /> we will do our best to be an active member of the coalition that seeks to make the hub a <br /> success. <br /> Respectfully Submitted, <br /> Harry Kim <br /> MAYOR <br /> County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. <br />