STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1756

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 97

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 97 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO ANALYZE A MEASURE TO REGULATE RESPIRATORY CARE PRACTITIONERS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of the concurrent resolution is to request that the Auditor, pursuant to section 26H-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, perform an analysis of the proposed regulation of respiratory care practitioners, including the establishment of a board of respiratory care, as proposed in House Bill No. 1823 (2009).

 

     Your committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:

 

     (1)  clarifying that 48 other states are protected from the unqualified practice of respiratory care and from unprofessional conduct by persons who provide respiratory care; and

 

     (2)  changing the references from House Bill No. 1823 to Senate Bill No. 1332, SD2 that has already passed the Senate.

 

     Testimony in support of this concurrent resolution was submitted by the Hawaii Medical Association, various individuals affiliated with the respiratory care industry including practitioners, therapists, teaching professionals in the field, and a concerned citizen.

 

     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 concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 97, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 97, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair