STAND. COM. REP. NO. 260-16
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2016
RE: H.B. No. 1629
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2016
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1629 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATED TO LICENSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Clarifying that appropriately licensed professionals may use either the title marriage and family therapist or licensed marriage and family therapist, which will allow the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs' Regulated Industries Complaints Office to enforce professional licensing requirements and restrictions against any person who misuses either title; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1629, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1629, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,
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____________________________ ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair |
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