CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO.37-02
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2002
RE: H.B. No. 2065
H.D. 1
S.D. 1
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2002
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2065, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NURSES,"
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 bill is to allow the Board of Nursing (Board) to:
(1) Grant prescriptive authority to qualified advanced practice registered nurses (APRN); and
(2) Establish an advisory committee to advise the Board with respect to formulary matters.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:
(1) Requiring the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to establish a joint formulary committee to recommend applicable formularies and requiring the Board of Medical Examiners to consider the recommendations of the joint formulary advisory committee in adopting the formulary;
(2) Requiring the Board to adopt rules regarding prescriptive authority for APRNs;
(3) Requiring the Board to submit a report to the Legislature prior to the Regular Session of 2004;
(4) Inserting a sunset date of June 30, 2004 and providing that existing administrative rules remain in force until the Board adopts new rules; and
(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity 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. 2065, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2065, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
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____________________________ RON MENOR, Chair |
____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ DAVID M. MATSUURA, Co-Chair |
____________________________ KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Co-Chair |
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