Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 119, S.D. 1, entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the State of Hawaii to consider the merits of recognizing hypnotherapy as a legitimate profession, and hypnotherapists as providers of human services separate and independent from other mental health professions.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the American Council of Hypnotist Examiners, Hawaii Hypnotherapy Association, Aloha Chapter of the National Guild of Hypnotherapists, and three individuals.

Your Committees find that hypnotherapy is a legitimate form of alternative health care and is listed as a separate profession in the United States Department of Labor's Dictionary of Occupational Titles.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 119, S.D. 1, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.