STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1790-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: S.B. No. 2274

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2274, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE CENTER FOR NURSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Require all nursing license applicants to respond to the Center for Nursing workforce supply survey in conjunction with license renewal, without penalizing them for failure to do so; and

(2) Increase the additional Center for Nursing fee from $40 to $60 per licensing biennium.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawai‘i-American Nurses Association, The Queen's Health Systems, and three individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Nancy Atmospera-Walch School of Nursing, Board of Nursing, Hawai‘i State Center for Nursing, and Hawaii Association of Nurse Anesthetists.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2274, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair