Bills

SB 1596: RELATING TO NURSING.

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: Senate

Current Status:

In Progress

(2025-02-14: Report adopted; Passed Second Reading, as amended (SD 1) and referred to WAM.)

Introduced

First Committee Review

First Chamber

Second Committee Review

Second Chamber

Final Decking

Enacted

Version:

Requires the Department of Health to identify one facility in each of the counties of Hawaii, Kauai, and Maui that has the capability to establish a Pearson VUE Authorized Test Center as a test site to administer a NCLEX for nurses; equip each facility identified with the technical and facility requirements necessary for a Pearson VUE Authorized Test Center; and submit an application for each facility to Pearson Education, Inc. to be authorized and contracted as a Pearson VUE Authorized Test Center.  Requires a report to the Legislature.

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