STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2476

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2478

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 2478 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to update the scope of practice for chiropractic to reflect standards, practices, and terminology accepted by the National Board of Chiropractic Examiners.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Board of Chiropractic Examiners and Hawaii State Chiropractic Association.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Hawaii Medical Association, Hawaii Insurers Council, and Hawaii Chapter of the American Physical Therapy Association.

     Your Committee finds that this measure updates the scope of practice for chiropractic in conformity to the standards of practice set by accredited colleges, National Board Exams, and Hawaii Administrative Rules governing chiropractic practice in Hawaii.  This measure therefore enables the scope of practice for chiropractors in Hawaii to reflect standards of care, practices, and terminology that are aligned with nationally recognized practice parameters and keep abreast with advances in health care and the chiropractic profession.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2478 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair