CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 143

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

 

RE:    H.B. No. 696

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir and Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 696, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to help increase and strengthen the workforce in the State by:

 

     (1)  Establishing the Hawaii Healthcare Workforce Advisory Board; and

    

     (2)  Allowing the Director of Labor and Industrial Relations to establish workforce advisory boards with specific duties and responsibilities.

 


     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing the membership of the Hawaii Healthcare Workforce Advisory Board to include the Director of the Hawaii/Pacific Basin Area Health Education Center and one member representing a nurse training program;

 

     (2)  Clarifying that the workforce advisory boards shall develop goals with a particular attention to efforts in pre-service programs and opportunities;

 

     (3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2015; and

 

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 696, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 696, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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JOSH GREEN, Chair

 

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MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Co-Chair

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GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Co-Chair

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Co-Chair

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Co-Chair

 

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JARRETT KEOHOKALOLE, Co-Chair