STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3179
Honolulu, Hawaii
RE: H.B. No. 2537
H.D. 2
Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui
President of the Senate
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Human Services and Judiciary and Labor, to which was referred H.B. No. 2537, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO DISCLOSURE OF RECORDS CONCERNING APPLICANTS AND RECIPIENTS OF HUMAN SERVICES AFTER AN IN CAMERA REVIEW BY THE COURT,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose and intent of this measure is to allow the Department of Human Services to disclose confidential records pursuant to a court order, after an in camera review of the records by the court, upon a showing of good cause by the party seeking the release of the records.
Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Services. Your Committees received testimony in opposition to this measure from one individual.
Your Committees find that the Department of Human Services is prohibited from disclosing confidential records and information except to specified persons or entities for specified purposes pursuant to section 346-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes. This measure provides an opportunity for a party that is not explicitly stated as an allowed recipient of confidential information under section 346-10, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to receive the confidential information if the court, after an in camera review, determines there is good cause.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Judiciary and Labor that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2537, H.D. 2, and recommend that it pass Second Reading and be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services and Judiciary and Labor,
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____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Chair |
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____________________________ SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair |
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