STAND. COM. REP. NO.  504-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2099

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2099 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to improve patient access to medical care by authorizing advanced practice registered nurses to practice their profession to the fullest extent of their training and education.  Among other things, this bill identifies statutory provisions containing outdated language which creates technical barriers that restrict consumer access to the full services of advanced practice registered nurses.

 

     The Board of Nursing, American Association of Nurse Practitioners, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Hawaii Association of Professional Nurses, The Queen's Health Systems, Hawaii Pacific Health, Pali Momi Medical Center, and several individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Disability and Communication Access Board provided comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2099, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2099, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair