STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1557

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   S.B. No. 984

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 984, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WORKERS' COMPENSATION PHYSICIAN,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to amend the definition of "physician" under the Workers' Compensation Law to include advanced practice registered nurses.

The Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Board of Nursing, Hawaii Association of Professional Nurses, Hawaii State Center for Nursing, International Longshore and Warehouse Union Local 142, Hawaii Pacific Health, and Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME, Local 152, AFL-CIO testified in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 984, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair