According to the Alliance of American Insurers, Hawaii has taken the final step in repealing
a privacy law that it says was poorly worded and caused mass confusion in
the state's workers' compensation market.
Hawaii Gov. Benjamin Cayetano has signed a bill, HB 201, that repeals Act 87,
the health information privacy bill enacted in 1999.
'This well-intentioned act aimed to protect individuals from the unauthorized
and inappropriate use of protected health information,' said Judy Grimes,
workers' comp policy manager for the Alliance of American Insurers, in a
statement. 'However, ...
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