STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2740

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 3080

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred S.B. No. 3080 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION BACKGROUND CHECKS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to enable the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to perform criminal history record checks on all existing employees, prospective contractors, volunteers, and vendors via the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center's Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) checks.

     Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO.

     Currently, the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation is authorized by federal law to conduct FBI criminal history background checks on employees and applicants who will have direct contact with children, the elderly, and disabled patients.  This measure would expand that authority to conduct background checks on all employees and applicants, including current and potential contractors, and providers of services and volunteers, without regard to having direct contact with patients.  

     The intent of this measure is to promote the safety of patients and employees of the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 2050.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3080, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3080, S.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Labor,

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BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI, Chair