HomeMy WebLinkAbout2020-03-13 Letter to Rosalyn H. Baker and Stanley Chang SCR 231,SR 191 Rec & Sup Ongoing Collaboartive Efforts to Prod a Rural Health Care Dleivery Hub Plan to Adr the Phys Shortage & Imp Health Care •O;Mtv,os„''q Roy Takemoto
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March 13, 2020
Senator Rosalyn H. Baker, Chair
Senator Stanley Chang, Vice Chair
Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health
Hawaii State Legislature
Dear Chair Baker, Vice-Chair Chang, and Committee Members:
RE: SCR 231/ SR 191 Recognizing and Supporting Ongoing Collaborative
Efforts to Produce a Rural Health Care Delivery Hub Plan to Address the
Physician Shortage and Improve Health Care
SCR 231 and SR 191 are easy to support. They seek to address a critical
need—our healthcare shortage—at a time when healthcare is uppermost in our minds
and in a place (rural Hawaii) where the shortage is most acute.
If the collaboration described produces the "rural health care delivery hub plan"
envisioned, there will no doubt be a concurrent demand for additional funding to
implement it. Although County resources are limited, I want to assure the players that
we will do our best to be an active member of the coalition that seeks to make the hub a
success.
Res ectfully Submitted,
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Harry Kim
MAYOR
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