STAND. COM. REP. NO.  503-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2095

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2095 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NURSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to remove an unnecessary barrier to out-of-state acceptance of Hawaii's professional licensing standards for advanced practice registered nurses by changing current statutory language referring to recognized advanced practice registered nurses to language referring to licensed advanced practice registered nurses, in conformity with uniform national standards.

The Board of Nursing, Hawaii State Center for Nursing, and several individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.

     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. 2095 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair