STAND. COM. REP. NO.  917-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 1111

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1111, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RECORDS OF THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to:

     (1)  Authorize the Hawaii Health Systems Corporation to set rates for copies of records that are protected from certain disclosure requirements; and

     (2)  Establish minimum and maximum rates for copies of medical records.

The Hawaii Health Systems Corporation testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the minimum and maximum rates for copies of medical records to unspecified amounts; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1111, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1111, H.D. 2.

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

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair