CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 72-12

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2012

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2825

       S.D. 1

       H.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sirs:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the Senate to the amendments proposed by the House of Representatives in S.B. No. 2825, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII IMMUNIZATION REGISTRY,"

 

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 Department of Health to allow limited health insurer access to the Hawaii Immunization Registry; and

 

     (2)  Authorize the Hawaii Immunization Registry to store minimal demographic information for individuals who have elected to refuse inclusion in the Registry.

 

     Your Committee on Conference finds that the Hawaii Immunization Registry provides a current, centralized immunization-related medical history.  Allowing controlled health insurer access to the Registry's immunization reports will aid in monitoring and improving the health of the insurer's member population and may assist in the formulation of strategies to improve immunization rates and thus decrease the incidence of vaccine-preventable disease in the State.  Further potential benefits include the generation of improvements in public health and state-provided vaccine programs.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing the effective date to upon approval.  

 

     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 S.B. No. 2825, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2825, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Co-Chair		____________________________ JOSH GREEN, M.D., Chair
____________________________ ROBERT N. HERKES, Co-Chair		____________________________ CLAYTON HEE, Co-Chair
____________________________ DEE MORIKAWA, Co-Chair		____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair