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HI HCR78
Concurrent Resolution
Status
Introduced
2/8/2010
Primary Sponsor
Robert Herkes
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AI Summary
- Request Hawaii's congressional delegation to support federal legislation recognizing respiratory therapists as health care providers under Medicare Part B program
- Identify that respiratory therapists (respiratory care practitioners) evaluate, treat, and care for patients with breathing disorders and work under physician medical direction
- Note that Medicare patients have difficulty accessing respiratory therapists outside hospital settings because Medicare requires state licensure and Hawaii is one of only two states without respiratory therapist licensure
- Acknowledge that state-level regulation efforts have been unsuccessful and the State Auditor has opposed regulation as unnecessary and costly
- Direct certified copies of the resolution be transmitted to members of Hawaii's congressional delegation
Legislative Description
Respiratory Therapists; Federal Recognition
Last Action
(H) Referred to HLT/HUS, FIN, referral sheet 23
2/9/2010
Committee Referrals
Health2/9/2010
Full Bill Text
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