STAND. COM. REP. NO. 837-04
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2004
RE: S.B. No. 2090
S.D. 2
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2004
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2090, S.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A PRESCRIPTION DRUG REPOSITORY PROGRAM,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this bill is to provide a prescription drug repository to receive and dispense donated prescription drugs to needy persons.
Testimony in support of this measure was submitted by the American Cancer Society. The Department of Health (DOH) and Department of Human Services provided testimony in support of this measure with amendments.
Your Committee finds that substantial amounts of unused prescription drugs are currently discarded, and could instead be donated and provided to needy persons. However, there is also a need to ensure the public's safety and well-being, and the integrity of items dispensed through a prescription drug repository.
Your Committee understands the intent of this legislation, and also recognizes its limitations. It is currently not feasible to consider donations of unused drugs from private individuals because it is difficult to ascertain whether the drugs were properly maintained. However, testimony indicated that technology in packaging prescription drugs is improving rapidly, and hopefully in the near future proper packaging will allow for the donation of unused drugs from private individuals. In future deliberations, your Committee suggests the inclusion of provisions that would allow donations of unused prescription drugs from individual members of the public.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Establishing a new chapter containing procedures for institutional facilities to return-for-credit-and-reuse prescription drugs;
(2) Amending the recordkeeping requirements for donated drugs;
(3) Repealing certain definitions in chapter 328C, Hawaii Revised Statutes;
(4) Requiring DOH to submit a report to the 2006 Legislature describing:
(a) Any difficulties with the implementation and operation of the prescription drug repository program;
(b) The potential for expansion to include drugs donated by private individuals; and
(c) Suggested legislation;
(5) Establishing a sunset date of July 1, 2006; and
(6) Making other technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2090, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2090,
S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,
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____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair |
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