STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1028-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   S.B. No. 2874

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2874 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CERTIFIED NURSE AIDES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to delete certain statutory provisions that are no longer applicable to the Department of Human Services as it no longer licenses or certifies health care settings.  Specifically, this measure deletes references to the Department of Human Services with regard to:

     (1)  Licensing or certifying health care settings;

     (2)  Disciplining certified nurse aides employed in health care settings; and

     (3)  Reporting substantiated findings as required by 42 U.S.C. §§1395i-3 and 1396r.

     This measure also repeals section 346-47, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which relates to the investigation of certified nurse aides by the Department of Human Services as this section is duplicative of the authority granted to the department to investigate certified nurse aides pursuant to other existing statutory provisions.

The Department of Human Services and Professional and Vocational Licensing Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs supported this measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2874  and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Health,

____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair

____________________________ DEE MORIKAWA, Chair