STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2797

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2465

       S.D. 2

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.B. No. 2465, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONTINUING EDUCATION FOR PSYCHOLOGISTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to require licensed psychologists to complete continuing education courses during each licensing renewal biennium subsequent to the first license renewal.

     The Board of Psychology, Hawaii Medical Association, and the National Association of Social Workers, Hawaii Chapter, submitted written comments in support of the measure.  One individual submitted written comments.

     Your Committee finds that this measure will ensure that licensed psychologists will maintain their professional competency and keep abreast of the latest developments in their profession.  As a result of this measure, Hawaii will no longer remain among a minority of jurisdictions that do not require continuing education for their licensed psychologists.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, in order to facilitate discussion of this measure; and

(2)  Making technical nonsubstantive changes 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 is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2465, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2465, S.D. 2.

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

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair