STAND. COM. REP. NO. 897

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 588
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No.
588 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SEX OFFENDERS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to require interagency sharing
of all medical, psychological, or mental health records of sex
offenders.

     Your Committee finds that permitting the governmental
agencies participating in the statewide sex offender treatment
program to share records will help all the participating agencies
protect the public from sexual predators and help sex offenders
to be given appropriate treatment.  Current statutes, which do
not allow for sharing, have often frustrated the participating
agencies in their efforts to treat sex offenders and protect the
public.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
Judiciary and the Department of Public Safety.  Testimony in
support of the intent of the measure but requesting amendment was
submitted by the Department of Health.  Testimony requesting
amendment was submitted by the Office of Information Practices.

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this
measure by:


 
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     (1)  Adding a confidentiality provision restricting use of
          the records by the receiving agency;

     (2)  Clarifying that criminal and parole records are
          included in the records that may be exchanged; and

     (3)  Making technical, non-substantive changes for the
          purposes of clarity and style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No.
588, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second
Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 588, S.D. 1, and
be placed on the calendar for Third Reading.

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



                                   ______________________________
                                   AVERY B. CHUMBLEY, Co-Chair



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                                   MATTHEW M. MATSUNAGA, Co-Chair

 
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