STAND. COM. REP. NO. 515-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2485
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which
was referred H.B. No. 2485 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO EXEMPTIONS FOR PSYCHOLOGIST
     LICENSURE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify that licensees
from other professions are able to perform "psychotherapy" if
this service is within the scope of practice defined in the
professions' laws or rules, without being subject to the
provisions of Section 465-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS).

     Testimony was received in support of this measure from the
Board of Psychology of the Department of Commerce and Consumer
Affairs, the Hawaii Nurses' Association, and the National
Association of Social Workers.

     Your Committee finds that this bill corrects an inadvertent
prohibition on other licensed professionals from practicing
psychotherapy caused by the current wording of this exemption.
The Board of Psychology's intent is not to exclude qualified
members or other licensed professions from performing
"psychotherapy" and sees this bill as a necessary step to allow
licensees from these professions to perform "psychotherapy"
without violating the provisions of chapter 465, HRS.

     Your Committee has amended this bill to correct certain
typographic, technical, and stylistic errors.

 
 
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     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce that is attached to
this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and
purpose of H.B. No. 2485, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No.
2485, H.D. 1, and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Consumer
                                   Protection and Commerce,



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                                   RON MENOR, Chair