STAND. COM. REP. NO.  737-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2601

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2601, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ATHLETIC TRAINERS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to regulate the practice of athletic training by requiring athletic trainers to register with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA).

 

     The Occupational Therapy Association of Hawaii testified in support of this bill.  The Department of Education, Hawaii Chapter – American Physical Therapy Association, and Hawaii Athletic Trainers Association supported this measure with amendments.  DCCA's Professional and Vocational Licensing Division and the University of Hawaii System provided comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by deleting its contents and replacing it with provisions that require the State Auditor to conduct a sunrise analysis of the licensure of athletic trainers.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2601, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2601, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Tourism, Culture, & International Affairs,

 

 

 

 

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JOEY MANAHAN, Chair