Report Title:
Workforce Development; UH Nursing Faculty and Staff Positions; Appropriation
Description:
Appropriates funds for the creation of positions within the UH nursing programs for fiscal year 2006-2007 to support Hawaii's nursing workforce needs. (SD1)
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
304 |
TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2006 |
S.D. 1 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO Workforce Development.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
Section 1. The legislature finds that numerous studies have recognized that the national shortage of qualified nurses will reach a twenty per cent staffing shortfall in 2020. A nursing shortage jeopardizes the qualify of health care provided in hospitals, nursing homes, hospices, clinics, and other health care settings.
In Hawaii, the projected shortage of registered nurses for 2005 was 1,518 and 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. As Hawaii's registered nurses workforce is also aging, an increasing number of registered nurses is expected to retire. 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 in increasing the educational capacity of the state's nursing programs are the number of faculty and support positions to serve additional students, the ability to educate, recruit, retain, and compensate qualified faculty, and 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 are necessary to sustain a robust, qualified nursing workforce to meet Hawaii's health care needs in 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 the implementation of this 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 $5,753,101, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2006-2007, for the University of Hawaii nursing and dental hygiene programs in order to address the current and projected shortages of nurses needed throughout the State, as follow:
(1) Student, faculty, and program support-school of nursing and dental hygiene, University of Hawaii at Manoa.
38 positions $2,534,220
(2) Faculty and program support—Kapiolani community college.
10 positions $1,007,381
(3) Faculty and program support—Hawaii community college
6.5 positions $650,500
(4) Faculty and program support—Maui community college
6.5 positions $787,000
(5) Faculty and program support—Kauai community college
6.5 positions $514,000
(6) Faculty and program support—University of Hawaii at Hilo
4 positions $260,000
SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $3,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2006-2007, for the University of Hawaii at Manoa school of nursing and dental hygiene to enhance current distance and simulation learning capabilities. One-time funding is requested to construct and equip a state-of-the-art simulation teaching laboratory and to outfit classrooms with technology to expand web-based and distance learning to increase the number of students from the neighbor islands.
SECTION 4. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $3,600,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2006-2007, for the University of Hawaii nursing programs to address the disparity of nursing faculty salaries and the market rate for nurses in hospitals and faculty in private universities. Funding is requested for salary adjustments for nursing faculty positions across all campuses for recruitment and retention of qualified faculty.
SECTION 5. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $6,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2006-2007, for the University of Hawaii at Manoa school of nursing and dental hygiene to conduct facility planning, make site and operational determinations, and perform other necessary tasks to facilitate expansion of the school's facility to provide optimal educational experiences and to allow students to participate in cross-disciplinary education with other students in the health sciences.
SECTION 6. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $320,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2006-2007, for the University of Hawaii statewide nursing consortium. The University of Hawaii at Manoa school of nursing shall administer the consortium.
SECTION 7. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $400,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2006-2007, for the University of Hawaii at Manoa school of nursing and dental hygiene for the Quentin Burdick interdisciplinary training rural health program. One-time funding is requested to provide support for the training program.
SECTION 8. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2006-2007, for the University of Hawaii at Manoa school of nursing and dental hygiene to establish positions for associate deans in research, clinical affairs, and planning/administration, as to provide expansion of school activities that complement educational programming, which are essential for Carnegie doctoral/research university-extensive institutions.
SECTION 9. The sums appropriated shall be expended by the University of Hawaii for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 10. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2006.