THE SENATE	S.B. NO.	474
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025		S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO PSYCHOLOGISTS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 465-7.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) A psychologist employed in a civil service clinical psychologist position in this State after January 1, 1988, shall be licensed subject to:

(1) Meeting the requirements of section 465-7; and

(2) Obtaining licensure within two years from the date of employment[.]; provided that a psychologist employed by the department of corrections and rehabilitation shall obtain licensure within five years from the date of employment."

SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2077; provided that the amendments made to section 465-7.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by section 1 of this Act shall not be repealed when that section is amended on July 1, 2026, pursuant to section 27 of Act 93, Session Laws of Hawaii 2024; provided further that on July 1, 2030, this Act shall be repealed and section 465-7.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, shall be reenacted in the form in which it read on July 1, 2077.

Report Title:

DCR; Psychologists; Licensing

Description:

Requires clinical psychologists employed by the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to obtain licensure within five years from the date of employment. Sunsets on 7/1/2030. Effective 7/1/2077. (SD1)

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