Bill Text: HI SB844 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Vital Statistics Records; Disclosure
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB844 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB844-Introduced.html
Report Title:
Vital Statistics Records; Disclosure
Description:
Authorizes the Department of Health to provide certain public health records to law enforcement officers to facilitate criminal investigations.
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
844 |
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE DISCLOSURE OF VITAL STATISTICS RECORDS TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 338-18, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
"(b) The department shall not permit inspection of public health statistics records, or issue a certified copy of any such record or part thereof, unless it is satisfied that the applicant has a direct and tangible interest in the record. The following persons shall be considered to have a direct and tangible interest in a public health statistics record:
(1) The registrant;
(2) The spouse of the registrant;
(3) A parent of the registrant;
(4) A descendant of the registrant;
(5) A person having a common ancestor with the registrant;
(6) A legal guardian of the registrant;
(7) A person or agency acting on behalf of the registrant;
(8) A personal representative of the registrant's estate;
(9) A person whose right to inspect or obtain a certified copy of the record is established by an order of a court of competent jurisdiction;
(10) Adoptive parents who have filed a petition for adoption and who need to determine the death of one or more of the prospective adopted child's natural or legal parents;
(11) A person who needs to determine the marital status of a former spouse in order to determine the payment of alimony;
(12) A person who needs to determine the death of a
nonrelated co-owner of property purchased under a joint tenancy agreement; [and]
(13) A person who needs a death certificate for the
determination of payments under a credit insurance policy[.]; and
(14) A law enforcement officer, as defined by section 710-1000(13), who needs vital statistics records as evidence in a criminal investigation, provided that the law enforcement officer requests the vital statistics records by providing identification and submitting to the department a signed statement verifying, under penalty of criminal prosecution for false swearing in official matters, (A) that the officer is a law enforcement officer as defined by section 710-1000(13), (B) that the officer is acting in the officer's official capacity, and (C) that the vital statistics records are needed as evidence in a criminal investigation."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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By Request
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