S.R. NO. 18 Summary

• Requests the Auditor to conduct a sunrise review on whether case managers should be certified by the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs under H.B. No. [number not specified], introduced in the 2010 regular session.

• Requires case managers seeking certification to provide satisfactory documentation of certification from the Commission for Case Management Certification, which is nationally accredited and has certified over 26,000 case managers.

• Mandates the Auditor to submit findings, recommendations, and proposed legislation to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the convening of the Regular Session of 2011.

• Authorizes the sunrise review under Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 26H-6, which requires legislative review before licensing or regulatory controls can be imposed on previously unregulated professions.