STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1131-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 2869

      S.D. 2

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 S.B. No. 2869, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PRIVACY OF HEALTH CARE INFORMATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to update and streamline State health care privacy laws by replacing existing laws regarding the use and disclosure of developmental disability and mental health records by health care providers with standards set out in the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.

The Department of Health and State Council on Developmental Disabilities testified in support of 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 S.B. No. 2869, S.D. 2, 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