STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1352-06
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2006
RE: H.C.R. No. 92
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2006
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Health and International Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 92 entitled:
"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES TO RELAX RESTRICTIONS ON THE ISSUANCE OF TEMPORARY NONIMMIGRANT B2 VISAS TO ALLOW GRADUATE NURSES TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES FOR THE PURPOSE OF TAKING THE NATIONAL COUNCIL LICENSURE EXAMINATION FOR REGISTERED AND PRACTICAL NURSES, AND TO ALLOCATE MORE EMPLOYMENT VISAS TO INDIVIDUALS TO ENTER THE UNITED STATES TO WORK AS NURSES,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to address Hawaii's critical nursing shortage by requesting that the immigration requirements for temporary, nonimmigrant visas be eased to allow graduate nurses from the Philippines to enter the United States.
The Board of Nursing, Alliance of Residential Care Administrators and several concerned individuals supported this concurrent resolution.
Your Committees have amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and International Affairs that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 92, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 92, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and International Affairs,
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____________________________ HELÉNE H. HALE, Chair |
____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair |
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