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YY orh <br /> r � fit WilOkabe <br /> •/ : Ss- \\ �'B. Managing Director <br /> Harry Kim - *•j ��•* <br /> Mayor <br /> `\ Barbara J.Kossow <br /> !•.'���' Deputy Managing Director <br /> r�o• H� <br /> (flaunty of c af>rtti`i <br /> ®ffire of the Augur <br /> 25 Aupuni Street,Suite 2603 • Hilo,Hawaii 96720 • (808)961-8211 • Fax(808)961-6553 <br /> KONA: 74-5044 Me Keohokalole Hwy.,Bldg C • Katlua-Kona,Hawaii 96740 <br /> (808)323-4444 • Fax(808)323-4440 <br /> March 28, 2017 <br /> Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair <br /> Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection <br /> and Health <br /> Hawaii State Capitol <br /> Honolulu, HI 96813 <br /> Senator Jill N. Tokuda, Chair <br /> Committee on Ways and Means <br /> Hawaii State Capitol <br /> Honolulu, HI 96813 <br /> Dear Senator Baker, Senator Tokuda, and Committee Members: <br /> RE: HB 527, HD 1, SD 1 <br /> Relating to Mobile Clinics <br /> While the Legislature has considered and disposed of numerous bills dealing <br /> with homelessness, the idea of mobile clinics would seem to have the support of both <br /> House and Senate, as both HB527 and SB347 survived first cross. It seems clear that <br /> these bills propose to fund an important service that has wide-spread support, and one <br /> or the other should move forward to final approval. <br /> Parochially, when I see that two mobile clinics would be funded under this bill, I <br /> am tempted to ask that one be earmarked for the neighbor islands. I note that the <br /> Senate Human Services Committee Report says that "Your Committee also believes <br /> that the development of a mobile clinic pilot project for Hawaii County may be a worthy <br /> endeavor for consideration in the future." In the meantime, I defer to experts in this field <br /> as to whether the need is so great on Oahu that both clinics should be located there. <br /> County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer <br />