STAND. COM. REP. NO.  112-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   H.B. No. 2447

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2447 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO FURNISHING THE DATE OF VITAL EVENTS TO GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES WITHIN THE STATE OF HAWAII THAT REQUEST VERIFICATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Department of Health to, upon request, disclose dates of vital events to government agencies within the State.

The Department of Human Services, Department of Health, and Department of the Attorney General testified in support 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 H.B. No. 2447 and recommends that it pass Second Reading 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