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HRS §346-11

Penalty for sharing confidential welfare records

This law makes it a crime to intentionally share or help someone else see confidential records from the Department of Human Services unless the law allows it. It applies even if you got the information through a legal inspection. Breaking this rule is a violation.

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The statute, as written — Unauthorized disclosure or inspection

Any person, including any person acquiring information through inspection permitted the person or another under section 346-10, who, knowing the information to have been acquired from the confidential records or files of the department of human services, intentionally divulges the same other than as authorized by law, or who intentionally and knowingly aids or abets in the inspection of such applications or records by any person unauthorized to inspect the same under this chapter or other provisions of law, shall be guilty of a violation.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§346-10 Confidentiality of public assistance records

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