STAND. COM. REP. NO. 735-12
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2012
RE: H.B. No. 1957
H.D. 2
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 1957, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH CARE INFORMATION,"
beg leave to report as follows:
After careful consideration, your Committees have amended this bill by, among other things:
(1) Establishing the applicability of the new statute;
(2) Adding definitions for "breach", "disclosure", "unsecured protected health information", and "use";
(3) Providing that any notice of breach of unsecured protected health information that complies with 45 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 164, Subpart D, will be deemed to comply with all state laws relating to notice of breach of protected health information;
(4) Providing that nothing in the new statute will be construed to limit or otherwise affect any evidentiary privilege, limitation on discovery, or confidentiality protection provided by any state law, decision, or order in relation to individually identifiable health information sought, used, or produced in any judicial or administrative proceeding;
(5) Changing its effective date to January 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and
(6) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1957, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1957, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary,
____________________________ GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Chair |
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____________________________ ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair |