STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1971

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.C.R. No. 131

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 131 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR TO SUPPORT THE ETHICAL RECRUITMENT OF NURSES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request that the Administration adopt guidelines on the ethical recruitment of nurses to implement the agreement between the State and provinces of the Philippines relating to the recruitment and relocation to the state of nurses from the Philippines and future agreements with any sovereign nation relating to the recruitment and relocation to the state of nurses from that sovereign nation.

     The Representative from the 38^th District supported this concurrent resolution.

     Your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:

(1)  Requesting that the Governor continue to support the ethical recruitment of nurses.  As such, the title of this measure has been changed to, "REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR'S CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR THE ETHICAL RECRUITMENT OF NURSES"; and

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 131, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 131, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

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JOHN MIZUNO, Acting Chair and Vice Chair