THE SENATE
                THE TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE
                 REGULAR SESSION OF 1999

    MEASURES DEFERRED TO THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1999


      COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
                        9:00 a.m.
                   Conference Room 016

         DECISION MAKING ON THE FOLLOWING BILLS
            (Deferred from February 9, 1999)

SB 215        RELATING TO ADVANCED PRACTICE REGISTERED NURSES       CPN,WAM
           Includes  advance  practice  registered  nurses  as
           providers under workers compensation, no-fault, and
           pre-paid healthcare plans.  (KANNO)

SB 1461       RELATING TO NURSES                                        CPN
           Authorized  the   practice   of   psychotherapy  by
           qualified  advanced   practice  registered  nurses.
           (IHARA/TANIGUCHI)

SB 509        RELATING TO DIETITIANS                                CPN,WAM
           Establishes dietitian  licensing  program  in DCCA.
           (KANNO)

SB 510        RELATING TO DIETITIANS                                CPN,WAM
           Establishes licensure of dietitions.  (KANNO)

SB 40         RELATING TO PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS                          CPN
           Establishes licensure  of  physicians assistants in
           place of certification.  (MIZUGUCHI)

SB 1460       RELATING TO CERTIFIED SUBSTANCE ABUSE STAFF               CPN
           Adds to  definition  of  "certified substance abuse
           staff"   psychologists    who    hold   a   current
           certification  from   the   American  Psychological
           Association College  of  Professional Psychology in
           the treatment  of  alcohol  and  other psychoactive
           substance use disorders.  (IHARA/TANIGUCHI)

SB 613        RELATING TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS                          CPN,JDC
           Creates a statewide  licensure mechanism for retail
           tobacco sales which  provides  for licensing retail
           tobacco   vendors,   inspection   and  enforcement,
           adjudication of fines  and  penalties, and training
           and  education  for  retail  merchants  and  public
           awareness of the State's statute governing the sale
           of tobacco to minors.  (MATSUNAGA/CHUMBLEY)

SB 859        RELATING TO PROFESSIONAL MENTAL HEALTH                CPN,WAM
           COUNSELORS AND PROFESSIONAL REHABILITATION COUNSELORS

 
           Enacts  licensing  laws   for  professional  mental
           health counselors  and  professional rehabilitation
           counselors.  
           (CHUN OAKLAND/MATSUURA/TAM/TANIGUCHI/NAKATA/KANNO)

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SB 1136       RELATING TO REGULATION OF OSTEOPATHY                  CPN,WAM
           Terminates the Board  of  Osteopathic examiners and
           assigns  its  duties   to   the  Board  of  Medical
           Examiners, adding to the medical board a new member
           who is an osteopathic physician.  (MIZUGUCHI B/R)


                   No testimony will be accepted.


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