HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-03-31 Letter to Jill Tokuda re HB 916 relating to loan repayment for health care professionals
WilOkabe
Managing Director
Harry Kim
Mayor
Barbara J. Kossow
Deputy Managing Director
County of Hawai‘i
Office of the Mayor
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March 31, 2017
Senator Jill N. Tokuda, Chair
Committee on Ways and Means
Hawai'iState Capitol
Honolulu, HI 96813
Dear Chair Tokuda and Members:
RE:HB 916 HD1 SD1
Relating to Loan Repayment for Health Care Professionals
Thank you for this opportunity to testify in support of HB 916, HD1, SD1.
Simply put, we need more physicians, and loan repayment has proven to be an
effective tool in getting them and keeping them.
Please approve HB 916 with some reasonable funding and an appropriate
effective date.
Respectfully submitted,
Harry Kim
Mayor
County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.