Legislature(2023 - 2024)BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)
05/03/2024 01:30 PM Senate LABOR & COMMERCE
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| Audio | Topic |
|---|---|
| Start | |
| SB225 | |
| HB253 | |
| HB17 | |
| HB237 | |
| HB309 | |
| HB254 | |
| Adjourn |
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
| += | SB 225 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| + | TELECONFERENCED | ||
| += | HB 253 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 17 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 237 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 309 | TELECONFERENCED | |
| += | HB 254 | TELECONFERENCED | |
HB 237-TEMPORARY PERMIT FOR LAPSED NURSE LICENSE
1:53:06 PM
CHAIR BJORKMAN reconvened the meeting and announced the
consideration of HOUSE BILL NO. 237 "An Act relating to
temporary permits for nurses with lapsed licenses."
1:53:48 PM
RILEY NYE, Staff, Representative Mike Prax, Alaska State
Legislature, Juneau, Alaska, said the idea for HB 237 came about
when a returning Alaskan nurse contacted the Representative's
office with her concerns. She was seeking to reinstate her
Alaska nursing license and learned that the Alaska Board of
Nursing was unable to issue a temporary permit for her to
practice while she was waiting for a license to be reinstated.
She didn't understand why she could not obtain a temporary
permit to practice, yet a nurse applying for their first license
could. The Alaska Board of Nursing is statutorily limited in
issuing temporary permits only to those people seeking a first
time Alaska nursing license. HB 237 would solve this problem by
amending AS O8.68.010, to allow the Board of Nursing to issue a
temporary permit to a person applying for reinstatement of a
lapsed license, as long as the person meets the same
requirements as a person applying for a license by examination.
He emphasized that with Alaska's medical providers facing a
[nurse] vacancy rate of 20 to 30 percent, it's vital to address
this problem from every angle.
1:55:29 PM
CHAIR BJORKMAN opened public testimony on HB 237; finding none,
he closed public testimony.
1:55:52 PM
CHAIR BJORKMAN solicited the will of the committee.
1:55:55 PM
SENATOR GRAY-JACKSON moved to report HB 237, work order 33-
LS1098\A, from committee with individual recommendations and
attached fiscal note(s).
1:56:09 PM
CHAIR BJORKMAN found no objection and HB 237 was reported from
the Senate Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.