STAND. COM. REP. NO.  351-08

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

RE:   H.B. No. 2133

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2133, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NURSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to create a Nursing Teacher Loan Forgiveness Pilot Program (Program) at the University of Hawaii.

     The Hawaii Government Employees Association supported this bill.  The University of Hawaii (UH) opposed this measure. The Department of Budget and Finance submitted comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Appropriating funds for support staff for the School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene at UH to administer the Program;

     (2)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2050; and

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2133, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2133, H.D. 2.

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

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JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Chair