STAND. COM. REP. NO.  978

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 912

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 912, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO NURSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize a licensed advanced practice registered nurse (APRN) who holds a national certification in a psychiatric specialization to prepare and submit orders for assisted community treatment of psychiatric patients.  This measure also allows APRN'S as defined in section 457-2.7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to provide health and other medical services to independently consenting adolescents.

The Board of Nursing, American Organization of Nurse Executives Hawaii, Hawaii Association of Professional Nurses, Hawaii State Center for Nursing, Hawaii Pacific Health, The CHOW Project, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing its effective date from July 1, 2090, to upon its approval; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for purposes of consistency, clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 912, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 912, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair