STAND. COM. REP. NO.  954-10

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

 

RE:   H.R. No. 15

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred H.R. No. 15 entitled:

 

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE AUDITOR TO CONDUCT A SUNRISE REVIEW TO DETERMINE WHETHER CASE MANAGERS SHOULD BE CERTIFIED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this resolution is to request the Auditor to conduct a sunrise review to determine whether case managers should be certified by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA).

 

     The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) submitted testimony in support of this measure.  Nightingale Case Management and Universal Case Management both submitted testimony in opposition to this measure.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and Catholic Charities submitted comments.

 

     Your Committees notes that case management is a comprehensive and multidisciplinary approach to meeting the needs of the clients and caregivers in achieving their healthcare goals.  Due to the nature of their profession and the services they provide to their clients, case managers bear a responsibility to be both professional and ethical.  To this end, it is required that case managers be certified in order to practice in the State of Hawaii.

 

     So, your Committees find it reasonable that satisfactory documentation of certification by the Commission for Case Management Certification must be received by an appropriate state agency.

 

     Therefore, your Committees have amended this resolution by:

 

          (1)  removing all references to the Department of                   Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA)

 

          (2)  inserting language requesting the Auditor to find              the most appropriate agency to implement the                   regulation of case managers

 

          (3)  inserting both the Director of Health and the                  Director of Human Services to receive copies of                    this resolution

 

          (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for                     clarity, consistency, and style

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 15, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Legislative Management, in the form attached hereto as H.R. No. 15, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Health,

 

 

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair		____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair