STAND. COM. REP. NO.  367

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

RE:   H.B. No. 783

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 783 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 include law enforcement officers among persons having a direct and tangible interest in public health statistics records to facilitate their inspection and acquisition of such records for criminal investigations.  This measure also sets forth specific identification and verification requirements that must be met by law enforcement officers requesting to inspect or acquire such documents.

The Department of the Attorney General, County of Kauai Office of the Prosecuting Attorney, County of Maui Police Department, County of Hawaii Police Department, and an individual supported this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1)  Limiting the disclosure of public health statistics records to law enforcement officers as evidence in criminal investigations to law enforcement officers who are employees of the State or a county; and

(2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion.

     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. 783, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 783, 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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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair