Bill Text: HI HB1363 | 2019 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Relating To Nurses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-03-05 - Referred to CPH, WAM. [HB1363 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2019-HB1363-Amended.html
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THIRTIETH LEGISLATURE, 2019 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO NURSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. (a) There is established a multi-state nurse licensure compact task force to consist of the following members:
(1) A representative from the department of commerce and consumer affairs' regulated industries complaints office;
(2) A representative from the state board of nursing;
(3) A representative from the Hawaii state center for nursing;
(4) The chair of the house committee on consumer protection & commerce or the chair's designee; and
(5) The chair of the senate committee on commerce, consumer protection, and health, or the chair's designee.
(b) The task force shall investigate the feasibility of adopting the multistate nurse licensure compact. The investigation shall include, but is not limited to:
(1) Identification of any issues regarding the regulation of out-of-state nurses, including issues related to recouping costs arising from investigations of consumer complaints or other disciplinary actions;
(2) Identification of issues regarding disciplinary actions taken against a multistate licensed nurse;
(3) Identification of issues regarding healthcare workforce planning efforts;
(4) Identification of issues regarding disparity in licensure renewal and competency requirements between states;
(5) Identification of any fiscal impact to the State and the State's current nursing workforce, including proposals to increase licensure fees; and
(6) Addressing concerns regarding the proposed interstate commission's authority to promulgate binding laws.
(c) The task force shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2020.
(d)
The task force shall serve until it has accomplished the purpose of this
Act or twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2020,
whichever occurs first.
(e)
The members of the task force shall serve without compensation, but
shall be reimbursed by the department of health for necessary expenses,
including travel expenses, incurred for service on the task force. No member of the task force shall be made
subject to section 84-17, Hawaii Revised Statutes, solely because of that
member's participation on the task force.
The task force shall be exempt from chapter 92, Hawaii Revised Statutes.
(f) The chair of the house committee on consumer protection & commerce, or the chair's designee, and the chair of the senate committee on commerce, consumer protection, and health, or the chair's designee, shall convene the task force. The task force shall be administratively supported by the department of commerce and consumer affairs.
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2019-2020 for the purposes of this Act.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of commerce and consumer affairs for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2050.
Report Title:
Nursing; Compact; Task Force
Description:
Establishes a study to identify issues that may arise if the State joins the Nurse Licensure Compact. (HB1363 HD2)
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