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FROM: Dennis "Fresh" Onishi, Council Member
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DATE: August 21, 2013
SUBJECT: Proposed Amendments to Resolution No. 155-13
Please find attached proposed amendments to Resolution No. 155-13. The proposed
amendments are illustrated below in Ramseyer format with respect to the contents of
Resolution No. 155-13, and bolded for illustrative purposes.
1. The "BE IT RESOLVED" clause is amended to read as follows:
"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 2014
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 [the University of Hawai`i at Hilo] Hilo Medical Center as provided
in Exhibit A."
A draft copy of Resolution No. 155-13, Draft 2, is attached with these proposed
amendments incorporated therein.
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A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE HAWAII STATE ASSOCIATION OF
COUNTIES INCLUDES IN ITS 2014 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, Hawai`i Island faces a potential loss of 134 physicians per year as they retire;
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 Mama 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, continued access to quality health care in Hawai`i is dependent on the success
of programs like the Hilo Medical Center Primary Care Training Program; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the
Hawaii State Association of Counties is requested to include in its 2014 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 Exhibit A.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the Clerk of the County of Hawai`i is directed to
transmit copies of this Resolution to the Honorable Mayor William P. Kenoi, and to the President
and the Secretary of the Hawai`i State Association of Counties.