STAND. COM. REP. NO.821-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: S.B. No. 2106

S.D. 2

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2106, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to ensure that marriage and family therapists continue to be regulated by:

(1) Repealing the sunset date for marriage and family therapists; and

(2) Authorizing the Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to enter into reciprocity agreements to issue licenses to marriage and family therapists licensed in other states.

Hawaii Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, Hawaii Nurses' Association, and numerous individuals testified in support of this measure. The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and Christian Science Committee on Publication for Hawaii submitted comments.

 

Your Committee finds that marriage and family therapists provide valuable services to the community, including Felix class children. Removing the sunset provision will allow the therapists to continue to be regulated and ensure the quality of services being provided.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2106, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2106,

S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.

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

 

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair