STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1021

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.R. No. 49

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred S.R. No. 49 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING A REVIEW OF THE LAWS AND RULES RELATING TO CONFIDENTIALITY, PRIVACY, AND PRIVILEGE AND THEIR IMPACT ON JUVENILE INFORMATION SHARING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Department of the Attorney General to review confidentiality laws and rules and their impact on juvenile interagency information sharing and develop a system of interagency information sharing.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Services, Department of Education, and one individual.

     Your Committee finds that there is a need for juvenile information sharing between justice agencies and other governmental entities throughout the State.  Your Committee further finds that the recommendations the Department of the Attorney General would make pursuant to this measure should enhance the ability of schools, social service agencies, courts, and the juvenile and criminal justice systems to share information while safeguarding and protecting the rights of juveniles and their families.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 49 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Labor.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair