STAND. COM. REP. NO.  193-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2311

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2311 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REPORTING DEATHS TO STATE AGENCIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to avoid overpaying benefits and wasting public funds by extending for an additional two years the Department of Health's authority to disclose personally identifiable information and other confidential data of deceased individuals recorded by the Department of Health to state agencies, which maintain official lists of persons and are prohibited by federal law from sharing the list information with the Department of Health.

 

     The Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund Board of Trustees and the Department of Human Services 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 H.B. No. 2311 and recommends that it be referred to your 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