SCR 27 Hawaii Senate · 2026 Regular Session

URGING MAUI HEALTH SYSTEM TO COLLABORATE WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO ESTABLISH A FULL-TIME MEDICAL RESIDENCY PROGRAM ON THE ISLAND OF MAUI.

This Senate concurrent resolution urges Maui Health to work with partners to create a full-time medical residency program on Maui to address a critical shortage of physicians, which worsened after the 2023 wildfires. The bill specifically asks Maui Health to use available federal funding from the Rural Health Transformation Program and seek additional resources to establish the program in family medicine and internal medicine. It requires Maui Health to include local health centers in the planning process and submit a progress report to the Legislature by early 2027. The resolution is directed at healthcare administrators and stakeholders rather than imposing new laws or penalties.

Issues: ✓ Healthcare

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Mar 2026

Committee Review

Apr 2026

Senate Passage

Apr 2026

House Passage

Governor

Introduced Mar 5, 2026 Last action Apr 10, 2026

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SCR27 → SCR27_SD1 · 3 edits

MINOR

The bill was reformatted from a standard legislative document into a structured digital template containing metadata and timestamps. The substantive policy content remains largely the same, though minor text corrections were made to improve clarity and consistency, such as changing 'Maui Health' to 'Maui Health System' and updating the funding program name to include 'Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services'.

Scope change

The scope of the bill's subject matter is unchanged; it still urges Maui Health to establish a medical residency program on Maui.

TECHNICAL

The document structure was converted from a plain text file with line numbers to a structured digital format including metadata fields like author names, timestamps, and template revision numbers.

Minor text corrections were made, including changing 'Maui Health' to 'Maui Health System' for consistency and clarifying the federal funding source as the 'Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services'.

Formatting inconsistencies were resolved, such as standardizing the capitalization of 'Maui' and removing redundant line breaks and page headers.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).

Full legislative history

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Key actions

Committee

Apr 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to HLT, FIN, referral sheet 27

lower

Apr 9, 2026

Introduced

Received from Senate (Sen. Com. No. 446) in amended form (SD 1).

lower

Apr 9, 2026

Upper · Passed

Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 1). Transmitted to House.

upper

Apr 8, 2026

Upper · Passed

Reported from HHS (Stand. Com. Rep. No. 3490) with recommendation of adoption, as amended (SD 1).

upper

Mar 30, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HHS recommend(s) that the measure be PASSED, WITH AMENDMENTS. The votes in HHS were as follows: 4 Aye(s): Senator(s) San Buenaventura, McKelvey, Kanuha, Fevella; Aye(s) with reservations: none ; 0 No(es): none; and 1 Excused: Senator(s) Keohokalole.

upper

Mar 27, 2026

Upper · Passed

The committee(s) on HHS has scheduled a public hearing on 03-30-26 1:07PM; Conference Room 225 & Videoconference.

upper

Mar 19, 2026

Committee

Referred to HHS.

upper

Mar 5, 2026

Introduced

Offered.

upper

3 primary · 0 co-sponsors