STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2089

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: S.B. No. 599

S.D. 1

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 599, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Authorize physician assistants to issue orders for respiratory therapy and plans of care; and

(2) Expand the types of health care providers under whom respiratory therapists may practice respiratory care to include physician assistants and advanced practice registered nurses.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Hawai‘i State Center for Nursing, Hawaii Medical Board, Board of Nursing, Kaiser Permanente Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Academy of Physician Assistants, Hawai‘i Association of Professional Nurses, Hawai‘i – American Nurses Association, Hawai‘i Pacific Health, The Kūpuna Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and two individuals. Your Committee received comments on this measure from one individual.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to June 30, 3000, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 599, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 599, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair