STAND. COM. REP. NO.  110-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2086

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2086 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH CARE DATA,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve health care outcomes and better control costs by enabling the sharing of necessary medical information while complying with federal privacy standards.  Specifically, this bill allows authorized health care entities to use clinical laboratory test results to populate personal health records or electronic medical records.

     The Hawaii Association of Health Plans, Hawaii Medical Association, and Hawaii Medical Service Association all testified in support of this bill.  The Hawaii Health Information Exchange and Diagnostic Laboratory Services, Inc., supported the intent of this measure.  The Department of Health opposed this bill.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2020, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments 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 H.B. No. 2086, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2086, 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