STAND. COM. REP. NO.  232-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2299

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2299 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE HEALTH INSURANCE PORTABILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to establish permanent or temporary civil service exempt privacy officer and security officer positions in the Department of Health in compliance with federal information privacy and security laws.

 

     The Department of Health supported this measure.  The Hawaii Government Employees Association, AFSCME Local 152, AFL-CIO opposed this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Deleting language that would have given civil service exempt status to the privacy officer and security officer positions;

 

(2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; and

 

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

At its public hearing, your Committee noted the comments shared by testifiers and ensuing Committee member discussion regarding the civil service status of the positions created by this measure.  Should the Committee on Labor consider this measure, your Committee respectfully requests that it further deliberate on the civil service status of these positions.

 

     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. 2299, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2299, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Labor & Public Employment.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair