STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2352

                                   Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                     , 2000

                                   RE:  S.B. No. 2930
                                        S.D. 1




Honorable Norman Mizuguchi
President of the Senate
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health and Human Services, to which was
referred S.B. No. 2930 entitled: 

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

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this measure is to clarify the law on
controlled substances to be consistent with changes in federal
law.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure
from the Department of Public Safety (DPS) and Hawaii Psychiatric
Medical Association.  Informational testimony was presented by
the Office of the Public Defender.

     This measure:

     (1)  Conforms chemical designations to federal law;

     (2)  Clarifies the subpoena powers of the Director of Public
          Safety; and

     (3)  Clarifies the offense of prohibiting visits to more
          than one practitioner to obtain controlled substance
          prescriptions.

     Your Committee finds that this measure is necessary for the
State to conform with federal laws on controlled substances, as
revised.  Your Committee further finds that this measure will

 
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strengthen the enforcement of the Uniform Controlled Substances
Act while preserving individual rights, including privacy.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Clarifying current law to prohibit a person from
          knowingly or intentionally visiting more than one
          practitioner and giving fraudulent information or
          intentionally withholding information regarding
          previous practitioner visits for the purpose of
          obtaining one or more controlled substances;

     (2)  Changing the director's ability to retain documents
          from a reasonable period to forty-eight hours; and

     (3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes to reflect
          preferred drafting style.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Health and Human Services that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of S.B. No. 2930, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2930,
S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Health and Human
                                   Services,



                                   ______________________________
                                   SUZANNE CHUN OAKLAND, Chair

 
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