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<br />WilOkabe <br />Managing Director <br />Harry Kim <br />Mayor <br />Barbara J. Kossow <br />Deputy Managing Director <br />County of Hawai‘i <br />Office of the Mayor <br />25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603 Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 (808) 961-8211 Fax (808) 961-6553 <br />KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Bldg. C Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i 96740 <br />(808) 323-4444Fax (808) 323-4440 <br />March 31, 2017 <br />Senator Jill N. Tokuda, Chair <br />Committee on Ways and Means <br />Hawai'iState Capitol <br />Honolulu, HI 96813 <br />Dear Chair Tokuda and Members: <br />RE:HB 916 HD1 SD1 <br />Relating to Loan Repayment for Health Care Professionals <br />Thank you for this opportunity to testify in support of HB 916, HD1, SD1. <br />Simply put, we need more physicians, and loan repayment has proven to be an <br />effective tool in getting them and keeping them. <br />Please approve HB 916 with some reasonable funding and an appropriate <br />effective date. <br />Respectfully submitted, <br />Harry Kim <br />Mayor <br />County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. <br />