STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2001

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2023

RE: H.R. No. 107

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 H.R. No. 107, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

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

Your Committee has amended this measure by specifying a request for the analysis to include a comparative study of how Hawaii differs from other states regarding the scope of practice for advance practice registered nurses and physician assistants.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 107, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 107, H.D. 2.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair