STAND. COM. REP. NO.  850-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2601

      S.D. 1

      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 Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 2601, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure that Hawaii's athletes are adequately protected by requiring the State Auditor to conduct a sunrise analysis of the licensure of athletic trainers.

 

     The Hawaii Athletic Trainers' Association testified in support of this bill.  The Occupational Therapy Association of Hawaii and Hawaii Chapter, American Physical Therapy Association supported the intent of this measure. 

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Requiring that the Auditor, as part of its report to the Legislature, include recommended definitions of the terms "athlete" and "athletic injuries";

 

(2)  Describing athletic trainers more appropriately as "health professionals" rather than "medical professionals" to prevent the inference that athletic trainers are licensed in the practice of medicine; and

 

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.

 

     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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2601, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2601, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair