Bill Text: HI SB2600 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Respiratory Therapists; Licensure; Appropriation

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-06-28 - (H) Act 178, on 6/28/2010 (Gov. Msg. No. 400). [SB2600 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SB2600-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  726-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2600

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2600, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTHCARE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to protect the health and safety of people needing respiratory care by establishing a licensure program for respiratory therapists in Hawaii.

 

     The University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Hawaii Medical Association, Hawaii Society for Respiratory Care, and a concerned individual supported this bill.  A concerned individual supported this measure with amendments.  The Hawaii COPD Coalition and numerous concerned individuals supported the intent of this bill.  A concerned individual opposed this measure.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) and several concerned individuals submitted comments.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by, among other things:

 

(1)  Specifying that a person working as, in training to become, or studying to become a sleep technologist or sleep technician, as defined by the American Association of Sleep Technologists, is exempt from the licensure requirements being established for respiratory therapists;

 

(2)  Requiring DCCA to begin collecting fees for licensure as of July 1, 2010, from respiratory therapists determined to be eligible for licensure, and credit those fees toward the license fees due for the period commencing July 1, 2011;

 

(3)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2010, for the collection of fees and July 1, 2011, for the implementation of the licensure program; and

 

(4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2600, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2600, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

 

 

		____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair