STAND. COM. REP. NO.  598

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 912

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Health and Intrastate Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 912 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NURSING,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize advanced practice registered nurses to practice to the full extent of their licensure in specialized settings by specifically authorizing advanced practice registered nurses to prepare and submit orders for assisted community treatment of psychiatric patients and to provide mental health and other medical services to independently consenting adolescents.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Board of Nursing, Lanai Community Health Center, and an individual.  Your Committees received comments on this measure from an individual.

     Your Committees have amended this measure by:

     (1)  Specifying that advanced practice registered nurses who prepare and submit orders for assisted community treatment shall hold a national certification in a psychiatric specialization;

     (2)  Specifying that an advanced practice registered nurse who provides mental health services to adolescents shall hold a national certification in a psychiatric specialty;

     (3)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2090, to encourage further discussion; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purpose of clarity and consistency.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Intrastate Commerce that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 912, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 912, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Intrastate Commerce,

____________________________ TAKASHI OHNO, Chair

____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair