STAND. COM. REP. NO.  158

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1811

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Higher Education, to which was referred H.B. No. 1811 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A NURSING PROGRAM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII'S LEEWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to meet the growing demand for nurses on Oahu by establishing and appropriating funds for:

 

     (1)  An associate degree in nursing program at Leeward              Community College, similar to the Kapiolani Community              College nursing program; and

 

     (2)  A registered nursing training program and prerequisite         course offering for the registered nursing program.

 

     The Waianae Coast Comprehensive Health Center and two concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Queen's Medical Center and Hawaii Government Employees Association supported the intent of this measure.  The University of Hawaii offered comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing the appropriation amounts to $1 to encourage              further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity,      consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Higher Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1811, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1811, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Health.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Higher Education,

 

 

 

 

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair