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 S.C.R. No. 145 entitled:

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to facilitate the recruitment of critically-needed nurses to work in Hawaii by urging the National Council of State Boards of Nursing to establish a testing center in Manila, Republic of the Philippines, to conduct the National Council Licensure Examination.

The Board of Nursing, Hawaii Government Employees Association, and Hawaii Nurses' Association testified in support of this concurrent resolution.

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 S.C.R. No. 145 and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.