STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1084

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.C.R. No. 33

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 33 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A SUNRISE REVIEW OF THE LICENSURE AND REGULATION OF GERONTOLOGISTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to investigate the merits of establishing state-level regulation of gerontologists and the practice of gerontology by requesting that the Auditor conduct a sunrise review of the proposed licensing and regulatory system contained in House Bill No. 431 and Senate Bill No. 541, Regular Session of 2017.

This measure is intended to comply with section 26H-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, which requires analysis by the Auditor of legislative proposals to establish licensing requirements and other regulatory controls for previously unregulated professions and vocations.

Your Committee received no testimony on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by specifying the bill numbers of the relevant House and Senate Bills containing the proposed licensing and regulatory requirements to be investigated by the Auditor.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 33, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 33, H.D. 1.

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

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair