STAND. COM. REP. NO.  586

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2015

 

RE:   H.B. No. 269

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 269 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGY,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

The purpose of this measure is to adequately prepare students for the practice of professional psychology by expanding licensing requirements to include American Psychological Association accredited doctoral programs that provide training in scientific psychology and the foundations of practice.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Board of Psychology.

 

     Your Committee finds that recognizing American Psychological Association accredited doctoral degree programs that provide training in scientific psychology and the foundations of practice will expand the scope of doctoral level education and internship training in professional psychology and allow for greater opportunities for licensure for psychologists in Hawaii.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and


purpose of H.B. No. 269 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,

 

 

 

 

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ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair