STAND. COM. REP. NO.  24

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

 

RE:   H.B. No. 669

      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. 669 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT MAKING AN APPROPRIATION FOR UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII HEALTHCARE WORKFORCE SIMULATION RESOURCE LABORATORIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to improve healthcare workforce development and training and ultimately ensure patient safety by appropriating funds to:

 

     (1)  Establish a network of healthcare workforce simulation resource laboratories at Kauai Community College, Maui Community College, and the University of Hawaii (UH) at Hilo, jointly used and operated by UH at Hilo and Hawaii Community College; and

 

     (2)  Expand the simulation laboratory at UH at Manoa, to be used in conjunction with Kapiolani Community College.

 

     The Hawaii State Center for Nursing of UH at Manoa School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene, Healthcare Association of Hawaii, Hawaii Association of Professional Nurses, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Hawaii Government Employees Association supported the intent of this measure.  UH 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. 669, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 669, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committees on Health and Labor & Public Employment.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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JERRY L. CHANG, Chair