Citizen to Hawaii Health Director: “Release the Information!”

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LORETTA J. FUDDY

Loretta J. Fuddy presently serves as Chief of the Family Health Services Division of the state Department of Health (DOH), and as Principal Investigator of grants administered by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.  At the DOH, she is responsible for the planning and implementation of the federal Title V Maternal and Child Health Block Grant, Primary Care Needs Assessment, and services for the uninsured and vulnerable populations.  Ms. Fuddy is also responsible for legislation, quality assurance, policy development, and evaluation of programs which provide prevention and early intervention services, for women, children and families.  Ms. Fuddy received her Bachelor’s degree in social work, her Master’s degree in public health, and a Master’s degree in social work from the University of Hawai`i.

Citizen to Hawaii Health Director: “Release the Information!”

“HALF TYPEWRITTEN AND HALF HANDWRITTEN?”

May 18, 2011

HI Health Dept. Director Loretta Fuddy

Dear Editor:

The following letter was sent to the Director of the Hawaii Department of Health and will be received by her tomorrow.

Loretta J. Fudddy, ACSW, MPH                                                                              May 18, 2011

Director of Health

State of Hawaii Department of Public Health

1250 Punchbowl Street, Room 325

Honolulu, HI 96813

Dear Ms. Fuddy:

I note you were recently contacted by a letter from the personal attorney of the current holder of the Oval Office to arrange for her personal pickup of “two certified copies of his original certificate of live birth” and she further notes that a previous “Certification of Live Birth” had been requested by him and provided as “legally sufficient evidence of birth in the State of Hawaii”.  She also notes the “longstanding” DOH practice is to provide nothing but that “short form” document when a certified copy is requested and requests a “waiver” from this “policy” while noting the “burden” placed upon the DOH by “numerous” requests for her clients birth record.  Another letter on White House letterhead was included with a similar request/authorization for the person’s “original certificate of live birth”.