Feasibility Study Passes!

Senate Resolution No. 18 and Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 21 were adopted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Thirty-Third Legislature , Regular Session of 2026.

These resolutions request the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation's East Hawaii Regional Health Care System to conduct a feasibility study on establishing a rural health clinic or comparable rural health access point to serve the Volcano community.

The feasibility study will examine the following: 

1.  Potential sites within Volcano Village or adjacent areas for a clinic or satellite office

2.  Operational models, including part-time provider service, mobile-clinic deployment, tele-health integration, or co-location with existing community facilities.

3.  Staffing requirements, including short term options for primary care services at least two days per week.

4.  Start-up and ongoing costs, including rural health clinic reimbursement and other federal rural-access funding.

5.  Partnership with VCA, HVNP, local nonprofits, organizations, and educational or medical training institutions.

6.  Potential benefits to emergency response, chronic disease management and visitor-safety services

The feasibility study will be completed this year.  Findings and recommendations, including additional legislation, will be submitted to the 2027 Legislature.

The Volcano Health Collaborative will continue to provide updates on progress to bring health care services to the Volcano community.