STAND. COM. REP. NO. 682-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: H.B. No. 2373

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health & Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 2373 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SHARING OF VITAL STATISTICS RECORDS WITH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PROGRAM EMPLOYEES FOR APPROVED RESEARCH PURPOSES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize the Department of Health to disclose certain vital statistic records to Department program employees with the approval of the Department of Health's Institutional Review Committee.

The Department of Health, Hawaii Children's Action Network, Hawaii Maternal and Infant Health Collaborative, Hawaii Primary Care Association, and two concerned individuals supported this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to promote further discussion.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health & Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2373, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2373, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health & Human Services,

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair