CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 37-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2016

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1111

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

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. 1111, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO RECORDS OF THE HAWAII HEALTH SYSTEMS CORPORATION,"

 

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 Hawaii Health Systems Corporation (HHSC) to set rates for copies of records protected from the disclosure requirements of Chapter 92F, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the Uniform Information Practices Act; and

 

(2)  Establish minimum and maximum rates for copies of medical records subpoenaed from any of HHSC's regional system facilities and require that rates charged be based on the facility's actual cost of preparation.

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2016.

 

     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. 1111, 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. 1111, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Co-Chair

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GILBERT S.C. KEITH-AGARAN, Co-Chair

 

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KARL RHOADS, Co-Chair

 

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Co-Chair

 

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TY J.K. CULLEN, Co-Chair