CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 35-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2016

 

RE:    H.B. No. 2233

       H.D. 2

       S.D. 1

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

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. 2233, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

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

 

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)  Require every physician, osteopathic physician, physician assistant, advanced practice registered nurse, and naturopathic physician applying for licensure or renewing a license to provide the licensing authority with a current electronic mail address as prescribed by the licensing authority;

 

(2)  Authorize licensing authorities to share the electronic mail address only with other state or federal agencies, upon request, for public health and safety purposes and for use by the licensing authority for any purpose related to the license; and

 

(3)  Require that laboratory data reported to the Department of Health regarding any individual affected by or suspected of being affected by a communicable or dangerous disease or condition include the individual's complete demographic information.

 

     Your Committee recognizes the comments of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs that full implementation of this measure with respect to the collection and sharing of email addresses of health care licensees will require approximately one-and-a-half to two years.  In the meantime, the Department has committed to begin this process through the immediate collection of affected licensee information following this measure's enactment while long-term steps to implement this measure, including the revision of license applications and the adjustment of its licensing databases, are being taken.

 

     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2016; and

 

(2)  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. 2233, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2233, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, C.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

 

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

 

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

 

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Co-Chair

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SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Co-Chair

 

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JUSTIN H. WOODSON, Co-Chair

 

 

 

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NICOLE E. LOWEN, Co-Chair