STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1797

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.C.R. No. 100

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2023

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Legislative Management, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 100 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT AN ANALYSIS REGARDING THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE FOR ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES AND PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request that the Legislative Reference Bureau conduct an analysis regarding the scope and practice for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses and Physician Assistants

The Board of Nursing offered comments. The Hawaii Medical Board offered comments. The Office of the Auditor offered comments. The Hawaii State Center for Nursing offered comments. The Hawaii Association of Professional Nurses testified in opposition. The Hawaii Chapter of the American Nurses Association offered comments. The Hawaii Academy of Physician Assistants offered comments. 3 individuals testified in opposition.

Your committee has amended the measure by changing the Office of the Auditor to the Legislative Reference Bureau.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Legislative Management that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 100, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to your Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 100, H.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Legislative Management,

____________________________ NADINE K. NAKAMURA, Chair

____________________________ MARK M. NAKASHIMA, Chair