Report Title:
UH; Nursing; Appropriation
Description:
Appropriates funds for additional faculty and program support for nursing and dental hygiene at the University of Hawaii.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
3160 |
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TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2006 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
The legislature finds that numerous studies have recognized the national shortage of qualified nurses which will reach a twenty per cent staffing shortfall in 2020. A nursing shortage jeopardizes the quality of health care provided in hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, clinics, and other health care settings.
In Hawaii, the 2005 projected shortage of registered nurses is 1,518, and this is expected to grow to 2,267 by 2010. The nursing shortage is exacerbated by the increasing number of the aging population. Hawaii's population is aging faster than the rest of the country. Between 2000 and 2020 the number of people age sixty and older will increase by almost seventy-five per cent. Because Hawaii's registered nurse workforce is also aging, an increasing number of registered nurses are anticipated to retire. Accordingly, the significant shortage of registered nurses is expected to worsen.
Nursing schools are the gateway to the "nursing pipeline". A main factor to bolstering the supply and lessening the effects of the nursing shortage is dependent on the educational capacity of nursing schools. In the fall of 2005, three hundred fifty-five qualified applicants were turned away from the nursing programs at the University of Hawaii.
The legislature finds that key factors to increasing the educational capacity of the state's nursing programs are:
(1) The number of faculty and support positions to admit additional students;
(2) The ability to educate, recruit, retain and compensate qualified faculty; and
(3) The available physical infrastructure and learning resource opportunities to support growing demands.
The legislature finds that ongoing continued support and a strategic public sector approach is necessary to sustain a robust, qualified nursing workforce to meet Hawaii's health care needs into the future. The University of Hawaii's nursing programs have a plan to increase educational capacity for nursing and dental hygiene but funding must be allocated to support implementation of the plan.
The purpose of this Act is to allocate positions and funding to the University of Hawaii's nursing programs.
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $18,648,901, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2006-2007, for the University of Hawaii nursing and dental hygiene program in order to address the current and projected shortage of nurses needed throughout the State, as follows:
A. Additional faculty and program support – University of Hawaii at Manoa.
1. Personal services
Instructor 12M11 (accelerated BS program) $70,164
Instructor 12M11 (accelerated BS program) 70,164
Instructor 12M11 (accelerated BS program) 70,164
Coordinator, PBA (accelerated program) 40,000
Instructor 12M11 (nursing BS program) 70,164
Instructor 12M11 (nursing BS program) 70,164
Instructor 12M11 (nursing BS program) 70,164
Coordinator, PBB (nursing BS program) 50,000
Instit support, PBB (nursing BS program) 50,000
Instit support, PBA (student services) 40,000
Instit support, PBA (student services) 40,000
IT specialist, PBB (info system) 65,733
Instit support, PBA (admin services) 40,060
Clerk typist, SR12 (nursing BS program) 28,033
Subtotal personal service costs $ 774,810
2. Operational program costs 313,190
Total request $1,088,000
B. Conversion of temporary to permanent support positions in order to stabilize the support infrastructure for the school at University of Hawaii at Manoa.
IT specialist (APT-PBB) $70,368
Admin officer (APT-PBB) 42,074
Student services support (APT-PBA) 42,913
Clerical support 28,034
Subtotal personal service costs $183,389
C. Funding to fill vacant dental hygiene faculty positions and increase dental hygiene faculty – University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Instructor, 12M09 $47,400
Assistant professor, 13M09 57,648
Assistant professor, 13M11 67,464
Subtotal personal service costs $172,512
D. Funding to hire faculty to provide instructional support to increase the undergraduate enrollment to address the statewide and national shortage of trained professional nurses and to encourage enrollment among underrepresented populations, the addition of general funds to hire .50 full time permanent advisor and recruiter – University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Assistant professor $67,905
Assistant professor 67,905
Assistant professor 67,905
Instructor 61,241
Instructor 61,241
Assistant specialist 33,952
Subtotal personal service costs $360,149
E. Funding to expand PhD in nursing program – University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Assistant specialist (S3M11) $49,283
Teaching GAM09 17,153
Teaching GAM09 17,153
Instructor 12M09 57,637
Instructor 12M09 28,818
Research GAM11 20,063
Research GAM11 20,063
Subtotal personal service cost $210,170
F. Additional faculty and program support to increase graduation of 25 Nursing Faculty at the Master's level – University of Hawaii at Manoa.
1. Personal services
Associate professor, 14M11 (accelerated MS) $108,024
Associate professor, 14M11 (accelerated MS) 108,024
Assistant professor, 13M11 (accelerated MS) 85,344
Coordinator, PBA (accelerated MS) 40,000
Subtotal personal service costs $341,392
2. Operational program costs $178,608
Total request $520,000
G. Establishment of proper expenditure ceiling to allow the Hawaii State Center for Nursing to expend funds collected in order to meet the objectives of the Center. The funds referred to consists of special fees collected from professional nurses to fund the Center's activities to research workforce issues - University of Hawaii at Manoa.
1. Personal services
Executive director $ 87,360
Institutional support 34,711
Researcher 100,000
Fringe benefits 103,599
Subtotal personal service costs $325,670
2. Other current expenses
Operational supplies $ 68,500
Travel 21,000
Recruitment 6,000
Special projects 134,630
Subtotal other current expenses $230,130
Total request $555,800
H. Kapiolani community college nurse preparation.
1. Personal services
Ten faculty $600,000
Shortage category differential 362,381
Subtotal personal services $962,381
2. Other current expenses
Educational supplies $25,000
Non-inventory equipment 20,000
Subtotal other current expenses $ 45,000
Total request $1,007,381
I. Nurse preparation – Hawaii community college
1. Personal services
6.5 Faculty positions $442,000
2. Other current expenses
Educational expenses $ 25,000
Non-inventory expenses 20,000
Renovate facilities/lease rent 163,500
Subtotal other current expenses $208,500
Total request $650,500
J. Nursing preparation – Maui community college
1. Personal services
6.5 faculty positions $442,000
2. Other current expenses
Educational supplies $ 25,000
Non-inventory equipment 20,000
Renovate facilities/lease rent 300,000
Subtotal other current expenses $345,000
Total request $787,000
K. Nursing preparation – Kauai community college
1. Personal services
6.5 faculty positions $442,000
Lecturers 27,000
Subtotal personal services $469,000
2. Other current expenses
Educational supplies $25,000
Non-inventory equipment 20,000
Subtotal personal services 45,000
Total request $514,000
L. Distance and simulation learning – University of Hawaii at Manoa
1. Construction and equipment $3,000,000
M. Nursing faculty salary adjustments – University of Hawaii systemwide
1. Personnel services $3,600,000
N. Faculty planning – University f Hawaii at Manoa
1. Personnel services $6,000,000
SECTION 2. The sum appropriated shall be expended by the University of Hawaii for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2006.
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