Bill Text: HI HB1957 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Health Care Information; Privacy

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-07-10 - (S) Act 315, 7/10/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1432). [HB1957 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HB1957-Amended.html

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CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 28-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2012

 

RE:    H.B. No. 1957

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

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. 1957, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

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

 

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 ensure that persons and entities governed by the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1966 (HIPAA), who use or disclose individually identifiable health information in a manner that is consistent with HIPAA rules, shall be deemed to be in compliance with Hawaii's privacy laws and rules.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

 

     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. 1957, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1957, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

____________________________ JOSH GREEN, M.D., Chair		______________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Co-Chair
____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair		______________________________ ROBERT N. HERKES, Co-Chair
____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Co-Chair		______________________________ GILBERT KEITH-AGARAN, Co-Chair