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 |
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ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
____________________________ JOSH GREEN, Chair |
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____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Co-Chair |
___________________________ 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 |
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