STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1598-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.B. No. 2709

      H.D. 2

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 2709, H.D. 1, 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 from governmental agencies of the State, the dates of vital events to the agencies 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 the 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 Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2709, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2709, H.D. 2.

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

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair