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SUMMARY:Hawaii Medical Education Council (HMEC)
DESCRIPTION:Council: Hawaii Medical Education Council (HMEC)\n\nOfficial Notice: https://calendar.ehawaii.gov/calendar/meeting/77514/details.html\n\nMEETING ANNOUNCEMENT
\nHawaii Medical Education Council
\nUniversity of Hawai‘i\, John A. Burns School of Medicine (UH JABSOM)
\n651 Ilalo Street\, Medical Education Building\, #202 & Via Zoom\, Honolulu\, Hawaii 96813
\n(This meeting will be held in person at the location above\, with a virtual option available via Zoom below)
\nGuest joining the meeting live at JABSOM will be required to check in at the security desk in the lobby to obtain a visitor badge.  
\nMonday\, July 27\, 2026\, 7:30-9:00 am
\nVirtual option via Zoom (click on the link and enter the meeting ID & passcode): https://hawaii.zoom.us/j/81434728782?pwd=1aqhiaLQuMMWMNjfEL8Eq7fojWbKhJ.1&jst=2 
\nMeeting ID: 814 3472 8782 
\nPasscode: 0989
\nIf an additional audio source is needed please use one of the phone numbers below:
\n      +1 206 337 9723 US (Seattle)\, +1 213 338 8477 US (Los Angeles) 
\nAdditional Zoom instructions are attached. 
\nMEETING INFORMATION & PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
\nThe Hawaii Medical Education Council was established to evaluate and assess the state's healthcare workforce and training programs to meet its needs. It's primary functions\, per the HRS\, include conducting a comprehensive analysis of the healthcare workforce requirements of the State for the present and the future\, focusing in particular on the State’s need for physicians\; and conducting a comprehensive assessment of the State’s healthcare training programs\, focusing in particular on graduate medical education programs and their role in and ability to meet the healthcare workforce requirements identified by the council.
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\nWritten testimony and oral testimony will be accepted for those unable to attend in person. 
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\nTime is allowed for in-person testimonies at the beginning of the meeting and before each agenda item. 
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\nAll written testimony on agenda items received after posting of this agenda and up to 24 hours in advance of the meeting will be distributed to the council. 
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\nLate testimony on agenda items will be distributed to the council within 24 hours of receipt. 
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\nWritten testimony may be submitted via email to costaca@hawaii.edu\, by U.S. mail to 651 Ilalo Street\, MEB 223A\, Attn: Office of the DIO\, or by facsimile at (808) 692-1247. 
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\nAll written testimony submitted will be a public document. Any testimony that is submitted for use in the public meeting process is public information and will be posted along with meeting minutes on the Council’s website.
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\nAGENDA
\nItems not addressed during this meeting will be discussed on another day and time\, announced at the conclusion of the meeting.
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\nCall Meeting to Order & Review / Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes (HMEC Chair)
\nPublic Comment Period - will be held at the beginning of the meeting and welcomed before each agenda item (HMEC Chair) 
\nJohn A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) Legislative Budget Considerations 2026 (Dean Shomaker) Refer to links below for full titles and descriptions 
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\nHB 1574 - Healthcare Education Loan Repayment Program
\nHB 1591 - Healthcare Preceptor Tax Credit
\nHB 1800 - HD1\, SD1 State Budget Bills
\nHB 2159 - UH Health Science and Healthcare Workforce Interdisciplinary Initiatives
\nSB 2657 - Alzheimers and Dementia Research Center
\nSB 2921 - Sweeps excess money in the Special Funds\, including JABSOM Special Fund
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\nRecommendations & Strategies for the 2027 State Legislature (reference Annual HMEC Report)
\nPhysician Workforce Updates & Synergies
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\nRural Health Transformation Program
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\nWorkforce Development Updates - Drs. Lee Buenconsejo-Lum & Kelley Withy
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\nPhysician Workforce Report and Recruiting Efforts - Dr. Kelley Withy
\nHawaii Healthcare Education Loan Program (HELP) - Dr. Kelley Withy
\nUpdate on Residency & Fellowship Programs - Dr. Holly Olson
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\nOpen Forum: Public Comment  Period & Proposed Future Agenda Items
\nNext HMEC Meeting – Monday\, October 26\, 2026 @ 7:30 am in-person and via Zoom
\nAdjournment
LOCATION:Via Zoom & John A. Burns\, School of Medicine\, 651 Ilalo Street\, MEB 202\, Honolulu\, Hawaii 96813
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