STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1114

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   S.B. No. 426

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 426 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DENTISTRY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to address the shortage of dentists in Hawaii by authorizing the Board of Dental Examiners (Board) to grant a temporary license to any dentist enrolled in an American Dental Association Commission on Dental Accreditation accredited dental residency program for the duration of the dentist's participation in the program.

 

     The Board, Kokua Kalihi Valley, and the Hawaii Primary Care Association supported this bill.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

 

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for consistency 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. 426, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 426, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair