HI SB3132

Requires all state-licensed hospitals with emergency departments to report syndromic surveillance data to the Hawaii Department of Health, including chief complaint, discharge diagnosis, visit dates, patient demographics, zip code, and facility location.

Authorizes the Department of Health to establish a state-operated syndromic surveillance system independent of the federal National Syndromic Surveillance Program through administrative rulemaking.

Enables the Department of Health to expand mandatory reporting requirements via administrative rules to include urgent care facilities, emergency medical service providers, and poison control centers.

Data collected includes information on infectious diseases, chronic illnesses, chemical/biological/radiological/nuclear incidents, natural disasters, and other emerging public health threats.

Syndromic surveillance data is de-identified and confidential, with public release limited to aggregated statistics that cannot identify individuals, and research access requires institutional review board approval.