Bill Text: HI SB2600 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Respiratory Therapists; Licensure; Appropriation

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-06-28 - (H) Act 178, on 6/28/2010 (Gov. Msg. No. 400). [SB2600 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB2600-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1232-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2600

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2600, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTHCARE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure the quality of practice of respiratory care in Hawaii by establishing licensure requirements and regulatory standards for respiratory therapists who practice respiratory care.

 

     The Hawaii Society for Respiratory Care and several concerned individuals testified in support of this bill.  The Professional Vocational Licensing Division of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and numerous concerned individuals provided comments.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2600, S.D. 2, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

 

 

		____________________________ MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair