HB2506 HSCR236-02

 

STAND. COM. REP. NO.236-02

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2002

RE: H.B. No. 2506

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2506 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VITAL STATISTICS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to streamline the process of registering births, deaths, and burials by centralizing the process within the Department of Health (DOH) instead of in separate districts.

The Office of the Lieutenant Governor, DOH, and Office of Information Practices submitted testimony in support of this measure.

Your Committee finds that DOH is striving to streamline the process electronically and eliminating most of the paperwork involved in the registration process. Your Committee believes that it is important for individuals to receive timely and efficient access to vital statistics and is encouraged by DOH's efforts to streamline the process. Your Committee further finds that these records are also useful for individuals who may need to substantiate their Hawaiian ancestry, and encourages DOH to make further improvements by collaborating with other organizations and agencies that have access to records.

 

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. 2506 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

 

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

 

		____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair