STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2261

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2100

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2100 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to update existing law to ensure the success of the many health care coordination projects underway in the community and to enable the sharing of all necessary medical information while maintaining compliance with federal privacy standards.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, the City and County of Honolulu, and the Hawaii Association of Health Plans.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Health.  Testimony in support of the intent of this measure was submitted by the Hawaii Health Information Exchange.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

     Your Committee finds that appropriate sharing of health data within the healthcare system is an important step to improve the quality, coordination, and costs of medical care.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive changes to ensure clarity and accuracy in the language of this measure.

     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. 2100, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2100, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Government Operations.

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

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DAVID Y. IGE, Chair