CONFERENCE
COMMITTEE REP. NO. 52-18
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2018
RE: H.B. No. 2373
H.D. 2
S.D. 1
C.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Ninth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2018
State of Hawaii
Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi
President of the Senate
Twenty-Ninth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2018
State of Hawaii
Sirs:
Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 2373, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE SHARING OF VITAL STATISTICS RECORDS WITH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PROGRAM EMPLOYEES FOR APPROVED RESEARCH PURPOSES,"
having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.
The purpose of this measure is to:
(1) Authorize the Department of Health (Department) to disclose certain vital statistics records to Department program employees for approved research purposes with the approval of the Department's Institutional Review Committee; and
(2) Establish conditions under which those records may be disclosed with and without informed consent of a person who is the subject of a record.
Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing its effective date to upon approval.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2373, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2373, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:
ON THE PART OF THE SENATE |
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ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE |
____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER Chair |
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____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO Co-Chair |
____________________________ BRIAN T. TANIGUCHI Co-Chair |
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____________________________ JOY A. SAN BUENAVENTURA Co-Chair |
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