STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1731

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   S.C.R. No. 66

      S.D. 2

 

 

 

 

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 S.C.R. No. 66, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE CENTER FOR NURSING TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP COMPOSED OF VARIOUS STATE AGENCIES TO IDENTIFY BARRIERS RELATING TO THE PRACTICE OF ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES 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 support a stable Advanced Practice Registered Nurse workforce by requesting the Hawaii State Center for Nursing to convene a working group comprising various state agencies to:

 

(1)  Identify barriers relating to the practice of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses with respect to the education and training of nurses under Hawaii statutes and administrative rules; and

 

(2)  Transmit a draft report of the working group's findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislative Reference Bureau no later than November 1, 2013.

 

This measure also requests the Legislative Reference Bureau to submit a final report of the agencies' findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Governor and the Legislature prior to the convening of the 2014 Regular Session.

 

     The Hawaii Association of Professional Nurses, Board of Nursing, and several individuals supported this measure.  The Hawaii State Center for Nursing supported this measure with amendments.

 

     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 S.C.R. No. 66, S.D. 2, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair