(1) Allow a patient's next of kin access to the patient's records;

(2) Allow the disclosure of a mental health patient's medical records for insurance reimbursement claim purposes; and

(3) Make appropriations from the emergency and budget reserve fund for various programs, services, and projects essential to the public health, safety, and welfare.

(1) Removing the requirement that a health care provider must consider indicators, suspicion, or substantiation of abuse in deciding to release patient records in section 2 of the bill;

(2) Deleting two categories of next of kin and adding one new category consisting of reciprocal beneficiary as defined in section 572C-3, Hawaii Revised Statutes, in section 2 of the bill;

(3) Adding an exception for records subject to Title 42 Code of Federal Regulations Part 2, confidentiality of alcohol and drug abuse patient records, to disclosure of patient records in section 4 of the bill;

(4) Adding language in section 5 of the bill clarifying the justification for appropriating funds from the emergency and budget reserve fund;

(5) Adding language to clarify that various appropriations in Part III of the bill are grants and subsidies made pursuant to chapter 42F, Hawaii Revised Statutes;

(6) Making all appropriated amounts for only fiscal year 2003-2004;

(7) Changing the appropriated amounts as follows:

(8) Deleting the appropriation for St. Francis Medical Center Maui renal dialysis;

(9) Adding two appropriations:

(10) Repealing the sunset schedule for June 30, 2003, of Act 121, Session Laws of Hawaii 1999, as amended by Act 243, section 8 paragraph 2 Session Laws of Hawaii 2000, regarding mental health parity.