Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2002

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 63 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Narcotics Enforcement Division of the Department of Public Safety, with the cooperation of the Department of Health, to conduct a study examining methods to reduce prescription fraud, mitigate prescription errors, and control costs for drug prescription within the state.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Hawaii Medical Association and ScriptIQ, Inc. The Department of Public Safety (PSD) supported the intent of this measure.

Your Committee finds that PSD is not the appropriate agency to study prescription error mitigation or controlling costs for prescription drugs.

Upon further review, your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution by:

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 63, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 63, H.D. 1.