STAND. COM. REP. 2375
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: S.B. No. 2670
S.D. 1
Honorable Robert Bunda
President of the Senate
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2670 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PAIN MANAGEMENT,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to require physicians renewing their licenses to have completed at least three hours of pain management courses.
Testimony received in support of this measure was received from Hospice Hawaii. Testimony in opposition was received from the Hawaii Medical Association. Comments were received from the Board of Medical Examiners.
Your Committee finds that there is a need for increased quality and availability of pain management services for Hawaii patients.
Your Committee further finds that a definite requirement of continuing medical education may not apply to all types of physicians, and thus has amended this measure accordingly by:
(1) Requiring the Board of Medical Examiners to establish educational standards for health care providers with respect to patients' pain management; and
(2) Prohibiting disciplinary action or criminal prosecution against a licensed health care professional who can demonstrate that such practice substantially complied within the guideline established by the Board of Medical Examiners.
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. 2670, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2670, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,
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____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair |
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