STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2360

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2254
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was
referred S.B. No. 2254 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PRIVACY OF HEALTH CARE
     INFORMATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to require the retention of
requests for disclosure of health care information records for
five years.

     Your Committee received testimony in opposition of this
measure from the Office of Information Practices (OIP).

     According to the OIP, the health care industry needs an
opportunity to comply with the current law which will become
effective on July 1, 2000, before making any substantive changes.
The OIP did recommend a housekeeping measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure on the
recommendation of the OIP by substituting an amendment to the
current law on disclosure that clarifies use or disclosure by an
entity by deleting reference to "within the entity".

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 2254, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass

 
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Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2254,
S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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



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                                   SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 
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