CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 9-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2016

RE:    S.B. No. 2861

       S.D. 2

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2861, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE JOINT FORMULARY ADVISORY COMMITTEE,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

     The purpose of this measure is to repeal the Joint Formulary Advisory Committee.

     Your Committee on Conference finds that the Joint Formulary Advisory Committee's sole function is to determine the formulary for advanced practice registered nurses with prescriptive authority.  However, the Board of Nursing, as the authority that oversees the practice of nursing in Hawaii, including advanced practice registered nurses with prescriptive authority, ultimately makes the final determination on the exclusionary formulary.  This measure repeals the Joint Formulary Advisory Committee, as it is obsolete and unnecessary, and permits the Board of Nursing to be the sole authority that determines the exclusionary formulary for qualified advanced practice registered nurses with prescriptive authority.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing its effective date to upon approval.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2861, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2861, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Co-Chair	____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair
____________________________ ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Co-Chair	____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Co-Chair
____________________________ SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Co-Chair