Bill Text: HI SB2601 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended


Bill Title: Athletic Trainers; Registration

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-05-14 - (H) Act 108, on 5/14/2010 (Gov. Msg. No. 322). [SB2601 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB2601-Amended.html

 

 

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 102-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2010

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2601

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 2

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam and Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2601, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ATHLETIC TRAINERS,"

 

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

 

     The purpose of this measure is to require the Auditor to conduct a sunrise analysis of the licensure of athletic trainers. 

 

     Your Committee finds that Hawaii is one of only four states that does not currently regulate the practice of athletic training.  Your Committee further finds that the continued absence of regulation creates a climate where athletic trainers who have lost or been denied licensure in other states can move to Hawaii to practice here, thereby putting the public at risk and degrading the profession as a whole.  Your Committee finds that it is especially important that the practice of athletic training maintain the highest possible standards for consumer safety since athletic trainers often work with children in elementary and secondary school settings.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Revising language to reflect that the regulatory scheme contemplated by the Legislature for athletic trainers is for licensure rather than registration;

 

     (2)  Deleting the language in the purpose section indicating that regulating the athletic trainer profession would require demonstration of minimum competency by athletic trainers;

 

     (3)  Expanding the provisions describing the process and reporting requirements of the sunrise review to be conducted by the Auditor; and

 

     (4)  Changing the effective date to upon approval.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2601, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2601, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

____________________________

JOEY MANAHAN, Co-Chair

 

____________________________

ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair

____________________________

GLENN WAKAI, Co-Chair

 

 

____________________________

JAMES KUNANE TOKIOKA, Co-Chair

 

 

 

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