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Hawaii Medical Education Council (HMEC) | John A. Burns School of Medicine
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HMEC Membership & Meetings
Membership on the Hawai‘i Medical Education council (HMEC) – is comprised of eight Governor appointed and Legislature confirmed individuals and five ex-officio members. Meetings are held quarterly at the Medical School.
The University of Hawai’i System (UH) and its John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) administer two (2) statutes related to graduate medical education (GME) and addressing the severe physician shortage needs in Hawai‘i. See excerpted text of statutes in the Appendix A.
(1)	[HRS § 304A-1702] – Graduate Medical Education (GME) Program, was established to formally encompass the administration of UH JABSOM’s institutional graduate medical education (GME) program.
(2)	[HRS §§304A-1703, 1704, 1705] – Medical Education Council, was created within UH JABSOM and called “The Hawai‘i Medical Education Council” (HMEC). HMEC was given the administrative duties and powers to:
(1) Analyze the State healthcare workforce for the present and future, focusing in particular on the State’s need for physicians;
(2) Assess the State’s healthcare training programs, focusing on UH JABSOM’s institutional GME enterprise to determine its ability to meet the workforce needs identified by HMEC;
(3) Recommend to the Legislature and UH Board of Regents (BOR) ways in which identified GME and other healthcare training programs can improve and change in order to effectively meet the HMEC assessment;
(4) Work with other entities and state agencies, and in consultation with the Legislature and BOR, develop and implement a Plan to ensure the adequate funding of healthcare training programs in the State, with an emphasis on UH JABSOM GME programs;
(5) Seek funding to implement the Plan from all public (county, state and federal government) and private sources;
(6) Monitor and continue to improve the funding Plan; and,
(7) Submit an annual report to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the convening of each regular Legislative session.
APPENDIX A – State Statutes Related to HMEC
HRS excerpts below downloaded December 22, 2014 from:
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol05_Ch0261-0319/HRS0304A/HRS_0304A-1701.htm
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol05_Ch0261-0319/HRS0304A/HRS_0304A-1702.htm
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol05_Ch0261-0319/HRS0304A/HRS_0304A-1703.htm
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol05_Ch0261-0319/HRS0304A/HRS_0304A-1704.htm
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol05_Ch0261-0319/HRS0304A/HRS_0304A-1705.htm
Part I. System Structure Section
Part IV. Divisions, Departments, and Programs
J. Medical Education Council
304A-1701 Definitions
304A-1702 Graduate medical education program
304A-1703 Medical education council
304A-1704 Council duties
304A-1705 Council powers
[§304A-1701] Definitions. As used in this subpart:
“Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services” means the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services within the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
“Council” means the medical education council created under section [304A-1703].
“Graduate medical education” means that period of clinical training of a physician following receipt of the medical doctor degree and prior to the beginning of an independent practice of medicine.
“Graduate medical education program” means a graduate medical education training program accredited by the American Council on Graduate Medical Education.
“Healthcare training program” means a healthcare training program that is accredited by a nationally-recognized accrediting body. [L 2006, c 75, pt of §2] [§304A-1702] Graduate medical education program. (a) There is created a graduate medical education program to be administered by the medical education council in cooperation with the department of health.
(b) The program shall be funded with moneys received for graduate medical education and deposited into the Hawaii medical education special fund established under section [304A-2164].
(c) All funding for the graduate medical education program shall be nonlapsing.
(2) Used for graduate medical education in accordance with sections [304A-1704] and [304A-1705]. [L 2006, c 75, pt of §2] [§304A-1703] Medical education council. (a) There is established within the University of Hawaii, the medical education council consisting of the following thirteen members:
(4) The director of health or the director’s designated representative;
(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the dean of the school of medicine, dean of the school of nursing and dental hygiene, vice dean for academic affairs of the school of medicine at the University of Hawaii, and the director of health, or the director’s designated representative, shall be permanent ex officio members of the council, and the remaining nonpermanent council members shall be appointed to four-year terms of office;
(2) Is a government employee, but does not receive salary, per diem, or expenses from the council member’s employing unit for service to the council.
A council member may decline to receive per diem and expenses for service to the council. [L 2006, c 75, pt of §2] [§304A-1704] Council duties. The medical education council shall:
(1) Conduct 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;
(2) Conduct 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;
(3) Recommend to the legislature and the board of regents changes in or additions to the healthcare training programs in the State identified by the council’s assessment;
(7) Submit a summary report to the legislature no later than twenty days before the convening of each regular session, of the expenditures of program moneys authorized by the council under this subpart. [L 2006, c 75, pt of §2] [§304A-1705] Council powers. The medical education council may:
(1) Conduct surveys, with the assistance of the department of health and the department of commerce and consumer affairs, to assess and meet changing market and education needs;
(2) Appoint advisory committees of broad representation on interdisciplinary clinical education, workforce mix planning and projections, funding mechanisms, and other topics as is necessary;
(3) Use federal moneys for necessary administrative expenses to carry out its duties and powers as permitted by federal law;
(4) Distribute program moneys in accordance with this subpart; provided that any expenditures authorized shall be for a public purpose and shall not be subject to chapters 42F, 103, 103D, and 103F;
(5) Hire employees not subject to chapters 76 and 89 necessary to carry out its duties under this subpart; and
(6) Adopt rules in accordance with chapter 91, necessary to carry out the purposes of this subpart. [L 2006, c 75, pt of §2]