STAND. COM. REP. NO.  506-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1880

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1880 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PODIATRISTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to increase access to medical care by conforming the definition of "podiatric medicine" to national standards regarding diagnosis and treatment of the foot and ankle thereby broadening the allowable scope of practice for podiatrists.

 

     The Hawaii Podiatric Medical Association and a few individuals provided testimony in support of this measure.  The Hawaii Medical Association and a few individuals provided testimony in opposition to this measure.  The Hawaii Medical Board and a few individuals provided comments on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, for the purpose of facilitating further discussion.

 

     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. 1880, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1880, 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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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair