STAND. COM. REP. NO.  55

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 893

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 893 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DIETITIAN LICENSURE SPECIAL FUND,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to provide clarifications for expenditures relating to the dietitian licensure special fund.

 

     More specifically, the measure:

 

(1)  Limits to $30,000 the amount the Department of Health may spend from the dietitian licensure special fund per year for activities associated with administering the licensure program;

 

(2)  Requires that any amount in excess of $35,000 in the dietitian licensure special fund at the end of each fiscal year be deposited into the general fund; and

 

(3)  Requires the Department of Health to submit an annual report to the Legislature regarding the status of the dietitian licensure special fund.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support from the Department of Health and the Hawaii Dietetic Association.

 

     Your Committee finds that these amendments will establish necessary expenditure limits for the dietitian licensure special fund that will allow the Department of Health to support the dietitian licensure program while providing for responsible expenditure of special fund moneys.

 

     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 H.B. No. 893 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair