STAND. COM. REP. NO.  483-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   H.B. No. 3352

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.B. No. 3352, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO AN AUDIT OF THE HAWAII DISABILITY RIGHTS CENTER,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to require the Auditor to conduct a financial and management audit of the Hawaii Disability Rights Center.

 

     Specifically, the audit is to include the Center's approach to resolving the conflict between a patient's right to privacy and the Center's need for access to the patient's records.  In addition, the bill appropriates funds for the Auditor to conduct the required audit.  The bill takes effect on January 1, 2050.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this bill from the Hawaii Down Syndrome Congress and six individuals.  Testimony in opposition was received from the Hawaii Disability Rights Center, Hawaii Centers for Independent Living, and four individuals.

 

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this bill by correcting the name of the Center as the Hawaii Disability (rather than "Disabilities") Rights Center consistently throughout the bill.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 3352, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 3352, H.D. 2.

 

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Legislative Management,

 

 

 

 

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MICHAEL Y. MAGAOAY, Chair