STAND. COM. REP. 2253

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2072

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Education, to which was referred S.B. No. 2072 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 place the center for nursing special fund under the control of the University of Hawaii.

Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the University of Hawaii. The Board of Nursing submitted testimony in opposition to this measure.

Your Committee finds that this measure will facilitate the transfer and expenditure of funds to conduct the Center for Nursing's activities. Streamlining the funding process will assist with responding to address nursing workforce issues during this time of critical national and local nursing shortage.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Education that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2072 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means.

 

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

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NORMAN SAKAMOTO, Chair