STAND. COM. REP. NO.  256-14

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

RE:   H.B. No. 2319

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2319 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PRIVACY OF HEALTH CARE INFORMATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to repeal current language in sections 333E-6 and 334-5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and replace it with the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act privacy rule, which will apply to all entities that hold developmental disabilities and mental health records.

The Department of Health, State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Community Alliance for Mental Health, and United Self Help testified in support of this measure.  An individual testified in opposition to the measure.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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. 2319, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2319, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

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

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair