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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STAND. COM. REP. NO.  47-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

 

RE:   H.B. No. 1957

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1957 entitled:

 

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

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify that persons and entities, governed by the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, who use or disclose individually identifiable health information consistent with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act regulations, shall be deemed to be in compliance with Hawaii's privacy laws and rules.

 

     The Office of the Governor; Hawaii Medical Service Association; Hawaii Health Information Corporation; American Physical Therapy Association, Hawaii Chapter; Hawaii Disability Rights Center; Healthcare Association of Hawaii; Hawaii Health Information Exchange; Consumer, Family, & Youth Alliance; and an individual testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Health and Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs commented on the measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by deleting the provision that states that any notification of breach of unsecured protected health information provided in accordance with Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 regulations regarding notification of breach of unsecured protected health information under 45 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 164, Subpart D, is deemed compliant with all state laws and rules governing notice of breach of protected health information.  Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were also made for clarity, consistency, and style.  

 

     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 H.B. No. 1957, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1957, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary.

 

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

 

 

		____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair