HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.C.R. NO.

33

TWENTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE, 2017

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

requesting the auditor to conduct a sunrise review of the licensure and regulation of gerontologists.

 

 


     WHEREAS, S.B. No.    , introduced during the 2017 Regular Session, proposes the licensure and regulation of gerontologists; and

 

     WHEREAS, persons who hold themselves out as gerontologists are not presently required to be licensed, certified, registered, or otherwise regulated by the State; and

 

     WHEREAS, gerontologists are involved in the direct care of older adults, including the creation and implementation of services and programs that meet the needs of Hawaii's aging population; and

 

     WHEREAS, section 26H-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, requires new measures, subjecting unregulated professions and vocations to licensing or other regulatory controls, to be referred to the Auditor for analysis; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-ninth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2017, the Senate concurring, that the Auditor is requested to conduct a sunrise review of the licensure and regulation of gerontologists as proposed by S.B. No.    , Regular Session of 2017; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Auditor is further requested to submit findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2018; and

 


     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a certified copy of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Auditor.

 

 

 

 

OFFERED BY:

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Report Title: 

Kupuna Caucus; Gerontologists; Licensure; Sunrise Review