STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1236-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.C.R. No. 40

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.C.R. No. 40 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING AND DESIGNATING THE HAWAII HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE AS THE ONLY FULLY OPERATIONAL, STATEWIDE HEALTH INFORMATION EXCHANGE OPERATING IN HAWAII,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to formally recognize and designate the Hawaii Health Information Exchange as the only fully operational, statewide health information exchange operating in the State of Hawaii and that the Exchange, in conjunction with the Hawaii State Legislature and administration, continue to advance health care transformation initiatives, including the electronic exchange of health information.

The Office of the Governor, the Department of Health, the Hawaii Health Information Corporation, the Hawaii Health Information Exchange, the Hawaii-Alaska Chapter of Health Information Management and Systems Society, and Kaiser Permanente support 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 concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 40 and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair