STAND. COM. REP. NO.  988-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.B. No. 2709

      H.D. 1

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 S.B. No. 2709 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 allow the Department of Health to disclose upon request, the dates of vital events to government agencies in the State that seek to verify information contained in vital statistics records for the purpose of updating official lists.

The Department of Health, Department of Human Services, and Department of the Attorney General testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by 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 S.B. No. 2709, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2709, 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