STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2508

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2670

 

 

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2670 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO BEHAVIOR ANALYSTS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to reduce the surcharge on behavior analyst license and renewal fees from $100 to $50.

 

     Your Committee received written comments in support of this measure from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

 

     Your Committee finds that having licensed behavior analysts is crucial for the well-being of the State.  Behavior analysts can spend upwards of $1,000 to obtain and maintain their licenses.  Many licensed behavior analysts are only paid hourly and receive minimal benefits.  Your Committee believes that reducing the surcharge on behavior analyst license and renewal fees will lessen the financial burden faced by licensed behavior analysts and encourage behavior analysts to become licensed, thereby increasing the number of licensed behavior analysts available in the State.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2670 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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JILL N. TOKUDA, Chair