STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2108

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2025

RE: S.C.R. No. 135

S.D. 1

Honorable Nadine K. Nakamura

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2025

State of Hawaii

Madame:

Your Committee on Labor, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 135, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION URGING ALL STATE DEPARTMENTS TO PARTNER WITH THE OFFICE OF WELLNESS AND RESILIENCE FOR SECURE AND APPROPRIATE DATA SHARING AGREEMENTS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to urge all state departments to partner with the Office of Wellness and Resilience for secure and appropriate data sharing agreements.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of Wellness and Resilience.

Your Committee finds that the Office of Wellness and Resilience launched a social determinants of health electronic dashboard that identifies a baseline of needs and concerns that impede high quality-of-life outcomes called the "Quality of Life and Well-Being Dashboard". Your Committee further finds that this dashboard represents the largest survey of health and well-being in the State to date and enables 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. Your Committee also finds that many state datasets 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. Therefore, your Committee finds it appropriate to urge all state departments 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 those needs and challenges.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Labor that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 135, S.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

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

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JACKSON D. SAYAMA, Chair