STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1015-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 2415

H.D. 2

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2415, H.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE NURSE LICENSURE COMPACT,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

(1) Allow the Governor to enter the State into the Multistate Nurse Licensure Compact to allow nurses who are licensed by a home state to practice under a multistate licensure privilege in each party state;

(2) Beginning January 1, 2026, require nurses who hold multistate licenses issued by a state other than Hawaii to complete demographic data surveys; and

(3) Allow the State Board of Nursing to charge different fees customarily and historically charged for registered nurses and licensed practical nurses who hold a multistate license issued by the State.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations; Disability and Communication Access Board; University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Nancy Atmospera-Walch School of Nursing; Hawai‘i State Center for Nursing; Hawai‘i Primary Care Association; Healthcare Association of Hawaii; Kaiser Permanente Hawai‘i; Ohana Pacific Health; Hale Makua Health Services; Hawaii Military Affairs Council; Hawai‘i Public Health Institute; Grassroot Institute of Hawaii; Hawai‘i Pacific Health; The Queen's Health System; Adventist Health Castle; Hawaii Association of Health Plans; Liberty Dialysis; Hawaii Medical Service Association; Hawai‘i Care Choices; and three individuals. Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Hawai‘i– American Nurses Association; Stonewall Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i; Pride At Work - Hawai‘i; Hawai‘i Association of Professional Nurses; and one individual. Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; Board of Nursing; and Hawaii Health Systems Corporation Corporate Board of Directors.

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 H.B. No. 2415, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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KYLE T. YAMASHITA, Chair