STAND. COM. REP. NO. 339
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2011
RE: H.B. No. 749
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2011
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Health and Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 749 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NURSE AIDES,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to ensure that nurse aides are proficient in necessary skills by making the competency evaluation requirement for nurse aides working in state-approved health care settings and Medicare or Medicaid certified nurse aides part of the continuing education hours and maintenance requirements for recertification.
The Alliance of Residential Care Administrators submitted testimony in support of this bill. The Department of Human Services submitted comments.
Your Committees have amended this bill by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 749, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 749, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Human Services,
____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair |
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____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair |
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