STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2196

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 3154
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Judiciary and Health and Human Services,
to which was referred S.B. No. 3154 entitled: 

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

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill, as received by your Committees, is
to establish a health care information revolving fund for
regulation of health care information.

     Your Committees believe that it is important that the Office
of Information Practices (OIP) receives an appropriate level of
funding to develop rules as mandated by Chapter 323C, Hawaii
Revised Statutes, regarding access to health care information
practices.  However, your Committees do not consider it equitable
nor appropriate to assess fees against the entities affected by
that chapter to fund the development of rules.  Your Committees
further believe that persons and organizations with an interest
in the subject matter should be encouraged to assist in the rule
drafting process.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by OIP.
Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by the
Department of Budget and Finance, the Hawaii Medical Association,
Hawaii Medical Service Association, and one medical doctor.

     Upon further consideration, your Committees have amended
this measure by deleting its contents and inserting provisions
that:

 
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     (1)  Authorize and require OIP to convene a new task force,
          which may consist of former task force members or other
          persons or organizations at OIP's discretion, to assist
          OIP in drafting rules to implement the health care
          information privacy law; and

     (2)  Make an appropriation of $80,000 for use by the OIP in
          developing rules.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your
Committees on Judiciary and Health and Human Services that are
attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the
intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3154, as amended herein, and
recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto
as S.B. No. 3154, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on
Ways and Means.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Judiciary and
                                   Health and Human Services,



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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair        AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair   



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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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