CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 40-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2016

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1756

       H.D. 3

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sirs:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1756, H.D. 3, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NURSING,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to protect public safety by ensuring that licensed nurses are safe to practice and care for patients by:

 

(1)  Requiring the Board of Nursing to conduct, as it deems appropriate, investigations of the background, character, competency, and integrity of qualified applicants for renewing, reinstating, reactivating, or restoring an applicant's license;

 

(2)  Beginning with the July 1, 2017, licensing biennium, requiring applicants for a license to practice nursing as a registered nurse, practical nurse, or advanced practice registered nurse, and beginning with the July 1, 2019, licensing biennium, requiring applicants for renewal or reactivation of their licenses, to submit a full set of electronic fingerprints for obtaining federal and state criminal history record checks to the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center for processing with the Federal Bureau of Investigation;

 

(3)  Requiring the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center to provide information on request to the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA); and

 

(4)  Authorizing DCCA to conduct criminal history record checks on applicants for nurse licensure or license renewal, reactivation, or restoration.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2016; and

 

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

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1756, H.D. 3, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1756, H.D. 3, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Co-Chair

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Co-Chair

 

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ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Co-Chair

 

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GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Co-Chair

 

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KARL RHOADS, Co-Chair

 

 

 

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ROMY M. CACHOLA, Co-Chair