CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 50-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2053

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

C.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2053, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ATHLETIC TRAINERS,"

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 make permanent the regulation of athletic trainers under chapter 436H, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Your Committee on Conference finds that athletic trainers are health care professionals who specialize in the prevention, assessment, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries and illnesses of athletes. Your Committee on Conference notes that the existing regulatory scheme for athletic trainers is scheduled to sunset on June 30, 2018. A recent report from the Office of the Auditor found that the services an athletic trainer provides may affect the health and safety of athletes, while the proficiencies required by the current regulatory scheme are reasonably necessary to protect athletes under an athletic trainer's care. The Auditor's report also found that the current regulation of athletic trainers does not impose unreasonable restrictions on individuals entering the profession and recommends that the current registration requirement for athletic trainers be extended. This measure therefore makes permanent the regulation of athletic trainers in the interest of public health and safety.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing its effective date to June 29, 2018.

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. 2053, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2053, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

____________________________ TAKASHI OHNO Co-Chair	____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER Chair
____________________________ ROY M. TAKUMI Co-Chair
____________________________ TY J.K. CULLEN Co-Chair