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COUNTY OF HAWAII •� �" �•- STATE OF HAWAII
RESOLUTION NO. 41 13
A RESOLUTION URGING THE LEGISLATURE TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FOR 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, Hawai`i Health Systems Corporation estimates that Hawai`i Island will
have fewer than 300 physicians by 2020, less than half the number needed to fill demand; and
WHEREAS, a survey of island physicians released in February 2012 suggests that 32
percent of those surveyed would cease their practice within five years; 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 University of Hawai`i at Hilo
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, Hawai`i Health Systems Corporation East Hawai`i Regional CEO Howard
Ainsley has called the residency program"the top priority for us for brining needed programs to
the community"; and
WHEREAS, the success of this program's training model will lead to the creation of
interdisciplinary teams capable of caring for many more patients, helping to alleviate the
physician shortage; and
WHEREAS, the health care needs of Hawai`i County will suffer without assistance from
the State Legislature; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the
Hawai`i State Legislature is urged to appropriate $2,800,000 to the Department of Health for the
fiscal year 2013-2014, and the same sum for the fiscal year 2014-2015 for the Hawai`i Health
Systems Corporation Primary Care Training Program.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Honorable Governor Neil Abercrombie, the Honorable Senate President Donna
Mercado Kim, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the Honorable Senator Gilbert
Kahele, the Honorable Senator Russell Ruderman, the Honorable Senator Josh Green, the
Honorable Senator Malama Solomon, the Honorable Representative Mark Nakashima,the
Honorable Representative Clift Tsuji,the Honorable Representative Richard Onishi,the
Honorable Representative Faye Hanohano, the Honorable Representative Denny Coffman,the
Honorable Representative Nicole Lowen, the Honorable Representative Cindy Evans and the
Honorable Mayor William P. Kenoi.
Dated at , Hawai`i, this day of , 2013.
INTRODUCED BY:
COUNCIL MEMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawai`i AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawai`i EOFF
FORD
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by ILAGAN
the vote indicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the KANUHA
County of Hawai`i on
KERN
ONISHI
ATTEST: POINDEXTER
WILLE
YOSHIMOTO
Reference: C-83/Waived HSSSC
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON &PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 41 13
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