STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1427

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 1999

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




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred H.B.
No. 440, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to allow the disclosure of
investigative information collected through the electronic
prescription accountability system to dentists, physicians,
osteopaths, podiatrists, and private investigators and guards who
are registered with the Department of Public Safety to
administer, prescribe, or dispense controlled substances.

     In addition, this bill:

     (1)  Allows the disclosure of investigative information
          collected through the electronic prescription
          accountability system to law enforcement officers and
          agencies in the pursuit of ongoing criminal
          investigations and prosecutions outside their
          respective jurisdictions; and

     (2)  Appropriates $50,862 out of the controlled substance
          registration revolving fund to the Department of Public
          Safety for fiscal year 1999-2000, for one full-time

 
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          equivalent (1.00 FTE) data processing systems analyst
          IV position and other current expenses to carry out the
          purpose of this measure.

     Your Committee finds that doctors who are registered with
the Department of Public Safety to administer, prescribe, or
dispense controlled substances are the State's first and best
weapon in the ongoing battle against prescription drug abuse.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Deleting the provision authorizing the disclosure of
          investigative information to persons registered under
          chapter 463 (private investigators and guards), Hawaii
          Revised Statutes, since private investigators and
          guards are not authorized to administer, prescribe, or
          dispense controlled substances; and

     (2)  Making a technical nonsubstantive change for purposes
          of clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B.
No. 440, H.D. 2, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that
it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No.
440, H.D. 2, S.D. 2.

                                 Respectfully submitted on behalf
                                 of the members of the Committee
                                 on Ways and Means,



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                                 CAROL FUKUNAGA, Co-Chair



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                                 ANDREW LEVIN, Co-Chair

 
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