STAND. COM. REP. NO. 896

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 440
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
440, H.D. 2, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to prevent the improper and
illegal use of controlled substances by:

     (1)  Allowing the Narcotics Enforcement Division of the
          Department of Public Safety to disclose controlled
          substance prescription information with physicians; and

     (2)  Appropriating funds from the Controlled Substance
          Registration Revolving Fund for one full-time data
          processing systems analyst position and other costs.

     The Department of Public Safety testified in support of this
measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
440, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.


 
 
 
 
 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair