STAND. COM. REP. NO.  384-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 2360

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2360 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE ADVISORY BOARD,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

     (1)  Clarify the membership of the Hawaii Healthcare Workforce Advisory Board (Board) as follows:

          (A)  Clarifying that the nursing member is the Executive Director of the Hawaii State Center for Nursing; and

          (B)  Specifying that Hawaii/Pacific basin area health education center is part of the University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine; and

     (2)  Enable all Board members to receive reimbursement for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.

The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Hawaii Association of Professional Nurses, University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, Hawaii Pacific Health, AONE Hawaii, and several individuals testified in support of this measure.  An individual opposed this measure.  The Hawaii State Center for Nursing and Prime Care Services Hawaii commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by 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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2360, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2360, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Finance.

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

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair