STAND. COM. REP. NO.  821

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

RE:   H.B. No. 337

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 337, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ATHLETIC TRAINERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to regulate athletic training in the State by, among other things, requiring athletic trainers to have completed the educational and certification requirements of the National Athletic Trainers' Association Board of Certification, Inc., and to register with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA).

     The Department of Education and the Hawaii Association of Athletic Trainers testified in support of this bill.  The Hawaii Chapter-American Physical Therapy Association testified in opposition to this measure.  The State Auditor, DCCA, DCCA Professional and Vocational Licensing Division, and the Occupational Therapy Association of Hawaii commented on this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 337, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair