STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3256

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2023

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B. No. 2023 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE CENTER FOR NURSING,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to support workforce development for the nursing profession by making permanent the assessment of the Hawaii State Center for Nursing fees on new and renewed nurse licenses and the disbursement of those fees to the credit of the Center for Nursing special fund.

 

     Your Committee received comments in support of this measure from the Hawaii State Center for Nursing, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, the Workforce Development Council, the American Organization of Nurse Executives - Hawaii Chapter, and one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that the fees credited to the Hawaii State Center for Nursing special fund are the main source of funding for the Center.  Making the fees permanent would allow the Hawaii State Center for Nursing to continue to be the hub of reliable nursing information and research, which will benefit the people of the State.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2023, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair