CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 50
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.B. No. 116
S.D. 2
H.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 116, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, 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 measure is to establish a nursing scholars program administered by the University of Hawaii to train nurses for teaching careers in nursing.
Specifically, this measure would:
(1) Establish a scholarship program to support nurses pursuing graduate degrees and careers in nursing instruction; and
(2) Re-establish the Operation Nightingale Program to help nurses pass the State Board of Nursing examination.
One of the reasons for the nursing shortage in the State is the lack of a sufficient number of qualified faculty. In turn, one of the reasons for the faculty shortage is the diminishing rate of financial returns in pursuing a graduate level nursing education when a baccalaureate level education will more than ensure a steady career.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:
(1) Clarifying the purpose section to state the necessity of increasing the qualified nursing faculty;
(2) Deleting the Operation Nightingale program;
(3) Appropriating $20,000 for fiscal year 2005-2006, and deleting the appropriation for fiscal year 2006-2007;
(4) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2005; and
(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments.
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 S.B. No. 116, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 116, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
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____________________________ Tommy Waters, Co-Chair |
____________________________ Clayton Hee, Chair |
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____________________________ Dennis A. Arakaki, Co-Chair |
____________________________ Rosalyn H. Baker, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ Marilyn B. Lee, Co-Chair |
____________________________ Brian T. Taniguchi, Co-Chair |
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