STAND. COM. REP. NO. 387-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.B. No. 2004
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:


     Your Committees on Consumer Protection and Commerce and
Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No.
2004 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PRIVACY OF HEALTH CARE
     INFORMATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to empower the Director of
the Office of Information Practices (OIP) oversight and
enforcement authority related to the protection of privacy of
health care information.

     Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the
OIP, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Hawaii Medical
Association, and a concerned citizen. 

     Testimony in opposition to this measure was submitted by the
Hawaii Medical Service Association and a concerned citizen.

     Your Committees have a concern regarding a provision of this
measure that allows the Director of OIP to enjoin a person from
"concealing, removing, encumbering, or disposing of assets which
may be required in order to pay a civil monetary penalty."  This
language may be overly broad and it appears that no comparable
provision exists in the Hawaii Revised Statutes.


 
 
 
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     Accordingly, your Committees have amended this measure by
removing this provision from the bill.  Technical nonsubstantive
amendments have also been made for purposes of clarity, style,
and consistency.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committees on Consumer Protection and Commerce and Judiciary and
Hawaiian Affairs that are attached to this report, your
Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
2004, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the
Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.B. No.
2004, H.D. 1.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committees on Consumer
                                   Protection and Commerce and
                                   Labor and Public Employment,

                                   
                                   
                                   
                                   
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ERIC G. HAMAKAWA, Chair            RON MENOR, Chair