03/16/2005 01:30 PM House FINANCE

SENATE BILL NO. 42                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     "An  Act  extending  the   reporting  date  for  and  the                                                                  
     termination  date  of  the  Task  Force  on  Naturopathic                                                                  
     Scope  of  Practice;  and  providing   for  an  effective                                                                  
     date."                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
BRIAN  HOVE,  STAFF,  SENATOR  RALPH  SEEKINS,  explained  the                                                                  
history  of the  task force  and the  intention  of the  bill,                                                                  
which should now have a broader base of support.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Meyer  asked if the fiscal note is a  zero note.  Mr.                                                                  
Hove said it is.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative  Hawker  asked why  the deadline  was  extended                                                                  
and why there  is a zero fiscal  note.  Mr. Hove  replied that                                                                  
it is  important to  have the  force of law  to obtain  better                                                                  
results  from the task  force.   He related  that there  is no                                                                  
cost and nothing is budgeted.                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
4:01:40 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Vice-Chair  Stoltze asked  why it  is a statute  instead  of a                                                                  
resolution.  Mr.  Hove responded that the bill  morphed from a                                                                  
naturopathic bill into a naturopathic task force.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative  Foster MOVED to report SB 42 out  of committee                                                                  
with individual  recommendations  and the accompanying  fiscal                                                                  
note.  There being NO OBJECTION, it was so ordered.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
SB  42  was  REPORTED  out  of  Committee  with  a  "do  pass"                                                                  
recommendation   and  with  a   zero  fiscal  note   from  the                                                                  
Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development.