STAND. COM. REP. 1444
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2003
RE: S.B. No. 1068
S.D. 1
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2003
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 1068, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH CARE FACILITIES,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to:
(1) Allow a patient's next of kin to obtain copies of the patient's medical records; and
(2) Extend from June 30, 2003, to June 30, 2008, the authorization to issue special purpose revenue bonds to assist the Honolulu Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc., in planning, designing, and constructing a senior citizen lifecare retirement community.
The development manager for Honolulu Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc., testified in support of this bill. The Department of Health submitted comments.
Your Committee has amended this bill by removing the provisions allowing a patient's next of kin to obtain copies of the patient's medical records.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1068, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1068, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,
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____________________________ DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair |
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