THE SENATE

S.C.R. NO.

135

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

S.D. 1

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

SENATE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

 

URGING ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS TO PARTNER WITH the OFFICE OF WELLNESS AND RESILIENCE FOR secure and appropriate DATA SHARING AGREEMENTS.

 

 

     WHEREAS, the strengthening of state services, provision of trauma-informed care and programs, and the wellness and resilience of Hawaii are priorities of the State; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Office of Wellness and Resilience's purpose is to address the barriers that impact an individual's social, physical, and emotional well-being through a trauma-informed framework; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Office of Wellness and Resilience develops new programs and improves existing programs and efforts of trauma‑informed care through collaborative state and private efforts; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Office of Wellness and Resilience identifies and partners with state departments and the private sector to address the common issues, needs, and challenges faced by these entities and those they serve; and

 

     WHEREAS, state departments provide resources, guidance, and other subject-specific aid and programs to address the specific needs and challenges of the community; and

 

     WHEREAS, the Office of Wellness and Resilience is required by Act 291, Session Laws of Hawaii 2022, codified at part IX of chapter 27, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to create a social determinants of health electronic dashboard that identifies a baseline of needs and concerns that impede high quality-of-life outcomes; and

 

     WHEREAS, in December 2024, the Office of Wellness and Resilience launched the Quality of Life and Well-Being Dashboard to fulfill this statutory mandate; and

 

     WHEREAS, the dashboard represents the largest survey of health and well-being in the State to date and will allow the Office of Wellness and Resilience to examine community needs through a data-driven lens, leading to the development of effective, evidence-based, and trauma-informed strategies; and

 

     WHEREAS, many state datasets, however, remain siloed within individual departments using different data collection methodologies, making it difficult for the Office of Wellness and Resilience to navigate and perform cross-departmental analyses; and

 

     WHEREAS, data-sharing agreements between the Office of Wellness and Resilience and state departments will allow the Office of Wellness and Resilience to integrate data from multiple sources and provide community members and policymakers with a comprehensive understanding of community challenges that would not be apparent when data is analyzed in isolation; now, therefore,

 

     BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Thirty-third Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2025, the House of Representatives concurring, that all state departments are urged to partner with the Office of Wellness and Resilience for the purpose of secure and appropriate data sharing agreements that protect the privacy and confidentiality of residents to encourage further study of the needs and challenges of the community and the development of effective aid programs and strategies to address these needs and challenges for the community; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Office of Wellness and Resilience is urged to adhere to strict data governance protocols while partnering with state departments to seek deidentified, aggregated, anonymized data to protect individual privacy while effectively addressing community needs; and

 

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Comptroller; Chairperson of the Board of Agriculture; Attorney General; Director of Finance; Director of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism; Director of Commerce and Consumer Affairs; Director of Corrections and Rehabilitation; Adjutant General; Chairperson of the Board of Education; Superintendent of Education; Chairperson of the Hawaiian Homes Commission; Director of Health; Director of Human Resources Development; Director of Human Services; Director of Labor and Industrial Relations; Chairperson of the Board of Land and Natural Resources; Director of Law Enforcement; Director of Taxation; and Director of Transportation.

 

 

 

Report Title: 

Office of Wellness and Resilience; State Departments; Data Sharing Agreements