STAND. COM. REP. NO.  760-14

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2014

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2299

      H.D. 2

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2299, H.D. 2, 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 maintain compliance with federal health information privacy and security laws by establishing permanent or temporary privacy officer and security officer positions, temporarily exempted from civil service laws, in the Department of Health.

 

     The Department of Health testified in support of this measure.  Hawaii Government Employees Association commented on this measure.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2299, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair