STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2903

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2768

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2020

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2768 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SPORTS MEDICINE,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to exempt out-of-state physicians who accompany a sports team to a specific sporting event in Hawaii or are invited to provide services at a national sport training center, event, or competition in Hawaii, from state licensure requirements if certain conditions, including providing notice, are met.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Medical Board.

Your Committee finds that amateur, collegiate, and professional sports teams regularly have an affiliated physician who travels with the team to provide ongoing and emergency medical care. However, existing law does not provide a narrowly tailored exemption from licensure requirements for these physicians. This measure will promote the safety of out-of-state athletes by enabling an affiliated, out-of-state physician to provide medical services to their sports team while within the State for sports-related events.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2768 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Health,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair