STAND. COM. REP. 3222

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: H.B. No. 2385

H.D. 1

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2385, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ACCESS TO VITAL STATISTICS RECORDS BY CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow the Child Support Enforcement Agency, through the offices of county corporations counsel, county attorneys, or the Attorney General, and the federal agency providing funding and oversight for Hawaii's child support enforcement system to have direct access to public health statistics records maintained by the Department of Health's Office of Health Status Monitoring.

Testimony in support of the measure was received from the Department of the Attorney General, the Department of Health, and the Department of Human Services.

Your Committee finds that this measure is designed to comply with the requirements of federal law by providing the Child Support Enforcement Agency and the designated auditing federal agency access to public health statistics records maintained by the Department of Health's Office of Health Status Monitoring. Access to these statistics, which include confidential birth and paternity establishment records, will not only make the child support enforcement process more efficient, but also ensure that appropriate action is taken when securing support for children, as well as satisfying federal reporting and data reliability requirements.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2385, H.D. 1, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs,

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COLLEEN HANABUSA, Chair