STAND. COM. REP. NO.  915-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2491

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 S.B. No. 2491 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NURSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve portability for advanced practice registered nurses to practice in multiple states and conform Hawaii law to applicable national standards by clarifying that advanced practice registered nurse "recognition" by the State of Hawaii is equivalent to licensure.

The Board of Nursing, Hawai‘i Pacific Health, Hawaii State Center for Nursing, American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Hawaii Association of Professional Nurses, Lanai Community Health Center, and several individuals supported 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 S.B. No. 2491 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