STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1858-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2053

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2053, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to make permanent the regulatory system for athletic trainers established under chapter 436H, Hawaii Revised Statutes, in the interest of public health and safety.

The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and Department of Education supported this measure. The Hawaii Athletic Trainers' Association offered comments.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2053, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair