STAND. COM. REP. NO. 921-04

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2005

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2005 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICAL RECORDS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to clarify that a health provider may submit mental health records to a patient's insurer without the patient's consent, under certain circumstances, for purposes of reimbursement.

The Department of Health, Queen's Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente, Health Information Management Association of Hawaii, Hawaii Medical Service Association, and Healthcare Association of Hawaii testified in support of this bill.

Your Committee finds that the language changed by this measure is of a technical, nonsubstantive nature and necessary for implementation of the statute.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2005 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committees on Consumer Protection and Commerce and Judiciary.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

 

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair