CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 79
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2013
RE: S.B. No. 548
S.D. 1
H.D. 2
C.D. 1
Honorable Donna Mercado Kim
President of the Senate
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2013
State of Hawaii
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Seventh State Legislature
Regular Session of 2013
State of Hawaii
Madam and Sir:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 548, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO TELEMEDICINE,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this measure is to exempt from the licensing requirement any commissioned medical officer employed by the U.S. Department of Defense, who is credentialed by Tripler Army Medical Center, while providing direct telemedicine support or services to neighbor island beneficiaries within a Hawaii National Guard armory on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, Molokai, or Maui.
Your Committee on Conference finds that enhanced medical services for National Guard armories on the islands of Kauai, Hawaii, Molokai, and Maui will have a direct and long-term impact for health care accessibility for neighbor island beneficiaries. Your Committee on Conference further finds that this measure will support service members who seek healthcare services at Hawaii National Guard armories and ensure that they will be able to receive telemedicine support by qualified healthcare personnel.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:
(1) Inserting language to amend section 465-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to exempt psychologists employed by the U.S. Department of Defense from licensing requirements while providing direct telemedicine support or services to Hawaii National Guard armories on the island of Kauai, Hawaii, Molokai, or Maui if they are credentialed by Tripler Army Medical Center;
(2) Making the measure effective upon approval; and
(3) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 548, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 548, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
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ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
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ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
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____________________________ K. MARK TAKAI, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair |
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____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ JOSH GREEN, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ GLENN WAKAI, Co-Chair |
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____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair |