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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-11-040145
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	POS AMI
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
FILED AS OF DATE:		20110721
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20110721

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			H&Q HEALTHCARE INVESTORS
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000805267
		IRS NUMBER:				046564285
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		POS AMI
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-04889
		FILM NUMBER:		11979983

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2 LIBERTY SQUARE
		STREET 2:		9TH FLOOR
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02109
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6177728515

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2 LIBERTY SQUARE
		STREET 2:		9TH FLOOR
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02109
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July&nbsp;21, 2011)</font></b></p>
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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Investment Company Act File No.&nbsp;811-</font></b><b><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-weight:bold;">04889</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FORM&nbsp;N-2</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration Statement Under the Investment Company Act of 1940</font></b></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amendment No.&nbsp;17</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">H&amp;Q HEALTHCARE INVESTORS</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2 Liberty Square, 9th Floor, Boston, MA 02109</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(617) 772-8500</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Daniel R. Omstead, Ph.D.</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2 Liberty Square, 9th Floor, Boston, MA 02109</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Joseph R. Fleming,&nbsp;Esq.</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Dechert LLP</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">200 Clarendon St.</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Boston, MA&nbsp; 02116-5021</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This amendment is being filed solely to file Exhibit&nbsp;No.&nbsp;(a)(iii)&nbsp;to this Registration Statement relating to the Declaration of Trust.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">OTHER INFORMATION</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amendment No. 1 to the Registrant&#146;s Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, as approved by the Registrant&#146;s Board of Trustees by unanimous written consent and by the shareholders of the Registrant on July 8, 2011, is filed herewith as Exhibit&nbsp;(a)(iii).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this Amendment No.&nbsp;17 to its Registration Statement under the Investment Company Act of 1940 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto, duly authorized, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, on the 20th day of July, 2011.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">AMENDMENT NO. 1, DATED AS OF JULY 8, 2011, TO AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST OF H&amp;Q HEALTHCARE INVESTORS</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS, H&amp;Q Healthcare Investors (the &#147;Trust&#148;) is established as a Massachusetts business trust by the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust dated April&nbsp;21, 1987 (the &#147;Declaration of Trust&#148;);</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS, the trustees of the Trust (the &#147;Trustees&#148;) have determined that the Declaration of Trust should be amended as hereinafter set forth (the &#147;Amendment&#148;);</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">WHEREAS, on July&nbsp;8, 2011 the shareholders of the Trust approved the Amendment in accordance with Section&nbsp;8.3 of the Declaration of Trust;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NOW, THEREFORE,&nbsp;IT IS agreed as follows:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amendment to the Declaration of Trust</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.&#160; Section&nbsp;3.4 of the Declaration of Trust is hereby amended to delete the phrase &#147;<i>; provided, however, that any repurchase of Shares may be made only if Shares are trading at a purchase price that is 10% or more below net asset value per Share and the Fund may purchase the Shares only at a purchase price that is 10% or more below net asset value per Share.</i>&#148; from the end of Section&nbsp;3.4, such that Section&nbsp;3.4 shall read in its entirety as follows:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;The Trustees shall have the power to issue, sell, purchase, retire, cancel, acquire, hold, resell, reissue, dispose of, transfer, and otherwise deal in Shares and, subject to the provisions set forth in Articles VII and VIII hereof, to apply to any such repurchase, retirement, cancellation or acquisition of Shares any funds or property of the Trust whether capital or surplus or otherwise, to the full extent now or hereafter permitted by the 1940 Act and the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts governing business corporations.&#148;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Defined Terms; Confirmation of Other Terms of the Declaration of Trust</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">.&#160; Any capitalized or other term used herein and not defined herein and which is defined in the Declaration of Trust, shall have the meaning assigned to it in the Declaration of Trust.&#160; The Declaration of Trust, as amended as provided herein, is hereby confirmed as being in full force and effect in accordance with its terms.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.5pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Effective Date</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">. This Amendment shall be effective as the date of its execution.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this instrument as of the 8</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">th</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;day of July, 2011 hereunto set their hands as of the date first above written.</font></p>
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