STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1043

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 1137

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 1137, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to ensure the health and safety of the vulnerable population who are provided services by the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation (HHSC) by authorizing HHSC to conduct criminal history record checks.

     HHSC supported this bill.  The Hawaii Civil Rights Commission opposed this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Authorizing HHSC to conduct criminal history record checks on current or prospective board members;

(2)  Ensuring that organizations served by HHSC are considered when HHSC analyzes the safety risks involved in hiring a person who may have a criminal history; and

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1137, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1137, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair