STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1132-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   S.B. No. 3012

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

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. 3012, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAL RECORDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to improve access to personal medical records by requiring health care providers to provide copies of medical records to patients:

(1)  At a flat rate of $15.60, or the amount currently approved by the Social Security Administration, whichever is greater, for the purposes of a claim or appeal under any provision of the Social Security Act; or

(2)  Free of charge.

Hawai‘i Pacific Health and the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii supported this measure.  Hawaii Medical Association opposed this measure.  I Love Kalihi Valley commented on this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its 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 S.B. No. 3012, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3012, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and 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