Bill Text: HI SCR122 | 2022 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Requesting The Auditor To Conduct A Sunrise Review Of The Regulation And Licensure Of School Psychologists.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-06-06 - Certified copies of resolutions sent, 06/06/22. [SCR122 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2022-SCR122-Amended.html

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THE SENATE	S.C.R. NO.	122
THIRTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2022		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A SUNRISE REVIEW OF THE REGULATION AND LICENSURE OF SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS.

 

 

     WHEREAS, S.B. No. 1274, introduced during the 2021 Regular Session, proposes the regulation and licensure of school psychologists; and

 

     WHEREAS, persons who hold themselves out as school psychologists are not presently required to undergo any formal credentialing process by the State; 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; and

 

     WHEREAS, section 26H-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, further requires that referral to the Auditor shall be by a concurrent resolution that identifies a specific legislative bill to be analyzed; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-first Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2022, the House of Representatives concurring, that in accordance with section 26H-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the Auditor is respectfully requested to conduct a sunrise review of the licensure of school psychologists proposed by S.B. No. 1274, Regular Session of 2021; 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 2023; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Auditor and Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

Report Title: 

Auditor; Sunrise Review; Licensure; School Psychologists