STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1603

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2005

RE: S.B. No. 116

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2005

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 116, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NURSES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to address the shortage of registered nurses in this state by:

(1) Establishing a scholarship program to support nurses pursuing graduate degrees and careers in nursing instruction; and

(2) Re-establishing the Operation Nightingale Program to help nurses pass the State Board of Nursing examination.

The Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Hawaii Government Employees Association, Hawaii Pacific Health, The Queen's Medical Center, and University of Phoenix – Hawaii Campus testified in support of this bill. The University of Hawaii supported the intent of this measure. The Department of Taxation and Hawaii State Center for Nursing offered comments.

 

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1) Changing the effective dates to July 1, 2010, for the purpose of continuing discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style and clarity.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 116, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 116, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

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DWIGHT TAKAMINE, Chair