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HI HB2062
Bill
Status
1/19/2012
Primary Sponsor
Henry Aquino
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AI Summary
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Establishes a Music Therapy Board within the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs to regulate music therapists in Hawaii
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Requires licensure to use the title "music therapist" or practice music therapy in the State
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Aims to foster professional development of music therapists and protect public health, welfare, and safety by ensuring therapists have appropriate credentials
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Committee on Culture & the Arts recommends passage, noting that regulation is necessary to prevent abuses in the therapeutic relationship between music therapists and clients
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Recommended for referral to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce after Second Reading
Legislative Description
Music Therapy; Music Therapists; Licensure
Last Action
(H) Passed Second Reading and referred to the committee(s) on CPC with none voting aye with reservations; none voting no (0) and Representative(s) C. Lee, M. Lee excused (2).
2/10/2012