CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. 26
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: H.B. No. 422
H.D. 2
S.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
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. 422, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A CENTER FOR 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 bill is to enhance the nursing profession in Hawaii by:
(1) Establishing the Center for Nursing (Center) within the University of Hawaii School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene to conduct research and collect and analyze data on nursing in Hawaii;
(2) Creating the Center for Nursing Special Fund to support the Center;
(3) Requiring an additional fee of $40 to be collected for nursing licenses and deposited into a separate account in the Compliance Resolution Fund until July 1, 2009;
(4) Appropriating moneys from the Compliance Resolution Fund into the Center for Nursing Special Fund; and
(5) Appropriating moneys from the Center for Nursing Special Fund for the operations of the Center.
Your Committee on Conference finds that the Center is modeled after similar programs in other states that have been very successful in supporting the nursing profession. The Center will help to ensure that better data about nurses is available, which will improve health care in the State, as well as working conditions for nurses.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this bill by:
(1) Appropriating $5,000 in start-up moneys from the Compliance Resolution Fund into the Center for Nursing Special fund, to be reimbursed within one year;
(2) Appropriating $300,000 for each year of fiscal biennium 2003-2005 from the Center for Nursing Special Fund for the operations of the Center;
(3) Providing that moneys from the new nursing fees deposited into the Compliance Resolution Fund be disbursed quarterly by the Director of Consumer Affairs and Commerce into the Center for Nursing Special Fund;
(4) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2003; and
(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of style and clarity.
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. 422, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 422, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, 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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____________________________ ROSALYN BAKER, Co-Chair |
____________________________ K. MARK TAKAI, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Co-Chair |
____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Co-Chair |
____________________________ SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Co-Chair |
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