STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1367

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.C.R. No. 35

       S.D. 2

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 35, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING A SUNRISE REVIEW OF ATHLETIC TRAINERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Auditor to perform a sunrise review regarding the licensure of athletic trainers.

     Your Committee received four written comments on this measure.  The written comments may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that athletic trainers are health care professionals who specialize in the prevention, assessment, treatment, referral, and rehabilitation of injuries sustained by athletes of all ages and others engaged in physical activity.  Your Committee believes that licensure of athletic trainers would require athletic trainers to demonstrate a minimum competency in their profession.  Your Committee finds that this would protect the health and safety of the public by ensuring that only qualified persons are providing athletic training services.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 35, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 35, S.D. 2.

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

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair