Bill Text: HI HB1379 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To A Statewide Data Hub.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-12-11 - Carried over to 2024 Regular Session. [HB1379 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-HB1379-Introduced.html
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THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2023 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO A STATEWIDE DATA HUB.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1.
Section
201-13.8, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§201-13.8 Data or information collection[.];
statewide data hub. (a) The director[,] of business,
economic development, and tourism, in consultation with all affected
governmental agencies, shall assess the need for statistics and other
information as to the number, characteristics, needs, and movement of people
into, out of, or within Hawaii, including residents, migrants, and visitors,
and such other information as the director may deem necessary, for the purposes
of sound economic research and analysis.
The director of business, economic development, and tourism shall
be responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating such information to
governmental agencies on a timely basis, and is authorized to use any
appropriate method to collect the information, including but not limited to
conducting an entry and exit census or survey of all individuals entering,
leaving, or living within the State, and obtaining data or information acquired
by other agencies, both public and private.
All governmental agencies shall cooperate with and assist the director
to implement this section.
(b) To the extent that it is identifiable to an individual, information obtained
by the department or its agents through surveys, questionnaires, or other
information gathering efforts shall be held confidential and not disclosed or
opened to public inspection, except that such information may be shared with
other [government] governmental agencies as provided in section
92F-19.
(c) Public disclosure of information gathered by the department could place businesses at a competitive disadvantage. Consequently, where disclosure would result in the impairment of the department's ability to obtain such information and the frustration of a legitimate government function, the department may withhold from public disclosure competitively sensitive information including:
(1) Completed survey and questionnaire forms;
(2) Coding sheets; and
(3) Database records of such information.
(d) The department shall establish and
maintain a statewide data hub to collect employer and employee data. The department shall have the authority to determine
the type of employer and employee data to collect, the functions of the
statewide data hub, and access and document retention policies for the data.
The department may collect and analyze information and
data from employers regarding the wages, hours, and other conditions and
practices of employment in the State. Every
employer subject to chapter 371 shall make, keep, and preserve records of the
persons employed by the employer and of the wages, hours, and other conditions
and practices of employment, maintained by the employer, and preserve the
records for five years. In addition,
every employer, regardless of whether the employer uses a professional employer
organization or a third-party administrator, shall keep a record of the former
physical addresses and current physical address of the employer and the North
American Industry Classification System code applicable to the employer.
For the purpose of collection
and analysis, the department shall have access to and the right to copy from
the records any matter or thing pertinent to this subsection, and every
employer shall furnish to the department on demand a copy under oath of the
material portion of the records as the department requires and, if the department
so requires, upon forms prescribed or approved by the department.
The department shall work with
the chief information officer to ensure to the maximum extent possible that the
integrity and security of the information is maintained and to comply with any
applicable requirements of chapter 27, part VII, and related rules.
[(d)] (e) The director may adopt necessary rules
pursuant to chapter 91, to administer this section."
SECTION 2. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2023-2024 and the same sum or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2024-2025 to design, install, populate, and manage the statewide data hub.
The sums appropriated shall be expended by the department of business, economic development, and tourism for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval; provided that section 2 shall take effect on July 1, 2023.
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Report Title:
Statewide Data Hub; Employers; Employees; DBEDT; Appropriation
Description:
Requires the department of business, economic development, and tourism to establish and maintain a statewide data hub to collect employer and employee data. Authorizes the department of business, economic development, and tourism to determine the type of employer and employee data to collect, the functions of the statewide data hub, and access and document retention policies for the data. Appropriates funds.
The summary description
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not legislation or evidence of legislative intent.
