STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1477-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.B. No. 2258

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 Health & Human Services, to which was referred S.B. No. 2258, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO LICENSING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to clarify that:

(1) The licensing requirements for hearing aid dealers and fitters shall not apply to audiologists licensed pursuant to chapter 468E, Hawaii Revised Statutes; and

(2) To be eligible for licensure as an audiologist, a person shall not be required to be licensed as a hearing aide dealer and fitter under chapter 451A, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

The Hearing Aid Dealers and Fitter Program of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Board of Speech Pathology and Audiology, and one concerned individual provided testimony in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health & Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2258, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2258, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health & Human Services,

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair