REPORT TITLE:
Nursing Positions; UHH


DESCRIPTION:
Appropriates funds for 1.5 positions in the nursing program at
the UHH.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           758
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR POSITIONS IN THE NURSING PROGRAM AT
   THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  The legislature finds that there continues to be
 
 2 a need for nurses in the State and as the baby boomers begin to
 
 3 age, they will access medical services in increasing numbers.
 
 4 The legislature also finds that the University of Hawaii at Hilo
 
 5 has graduated both non-registered nurses and registered nurses
 
 6 from their relatively new baccalaureate degree in nursing
 
 7 program.  The purpose of this Act is to provide funding for one
 
 8 and a half positions in the nursing program to ensure the
 
 9 viability of the nursing program at the University of Hawaii at
 
10 Hilo.
 
11      SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the general
 
12 revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $          , or so
 
13 much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999-2000, for
 
14 one full-time nursing position and a half-time laboratory
 
15 position in the University of Hawaii at Hilo's baccalaureate
 
16 degree in nursing program.  The sum appropriated shall be
 
17 expended by the University of Hawaii at Hilo.
 
18      SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1999.
 
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20                              INTRODUCED BY:______________________