SB 735 RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTH CORPS PROGRAM

SB 735 appropriates funds for the implementation and administration of the Hawai‘i health corps program that provides loan repayment for physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, psychologists, and social workers who agree to work in a federally designated health professional shortage area or an area of Hawai‘i found to be underserved.

• Date: February 7, 2017 at 2:15 p.m.
• Committee: Senate Committees on Higher Education & Commerce, Consumer Protection and Health
• Testifier: Jerris Hedges, MD, Dean, and Kelley Withy, MD, Professor, Department of Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Hawaii/Pacific Basin Area Health Education Center (AHEC) Director, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Testimony (PDF)