STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1345

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.R. No. 35

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.R. No. 35 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING COLLABORATION AMONG VARIOUS STATE AGENCIES TO IDENTIFY BARRIERS RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSING TO THE FULL EXTENT OF THE NURSES' EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE STATE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to ensure a stable Advanced Practice Registered Nurse workforce to provide seamless, quality health care in the State by requesting the Department of Health, Department of Human Services, Department of Public Safety, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, State Board of Nursing, Disability and Communication Access Board, and other state agencies to identify barriers in the statutes and administrative rules, specific to their respective departments, to the practice of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses.

The Board of Nursing; Hawaii Long Term Care Association; and the American Organization of Nurse Executives, Hawaii Chapter supported this measure.  The University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Nursing & Dental Hygiene supported this measure with amendments.  The Legislative Reference Bureau submitted comments.

     Upon consideration, your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Requesting that a draft report of the agencies' findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, and a certified copy of this measure be transmitted to the Governor;

(2)  Specifying that certified copies of this measure be sent to:

(A)  The Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, rather than the Division Administrator of the Professional and Vocational Licensing Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; and

(B)  The Director of Labor and Industrial Relations; and

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments 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.R. No. 35, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 35, H.D. 1.

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

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair