STAND. COM. REP. NO.  332-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2239

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2239 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DISCLOSURE OF PUBLIC HEALTH STATISTICS RECORDS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to assist law enforcement by authorizing the Department of Health to:

(1)  Allow law enforcement officers to inspect public health statistics records; and

(2)  Issue certified copies of these records or parts of these records to law enforcement officers;

provided, among other things, the records are needed by the law enforcement officer as evidence in a criminal investigation.

The Department of Health, Department of the Attorney General,  Honolulu Police Department, Hawaii Police Department, and Maui Police Department supported 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. 2239 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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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair