STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1457-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2862

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2862 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NURSING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to allow the State Board of Nursing (Board) to fully participate in Nursys, a national database for nurse licensees that includes license and disciplinary action information, through the sharing of licensure and discipline data with Nursys, and to specify that by applying for nurse licensure, the individual allows the Board to share the data with Nursys.

 

     The University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Nursing & Dental Hygiene; Board of Nursing; Prime Care Services Hawaii, Incorporated; Hawaii Association of Professional Nurses; Hawaii Pacific Health; Hawaii State Center for Nursing; and many individuals testified in support of this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2862 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair