STAND

STAND. COM. REP. NO. 415-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 2192

H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs, to which was referred H.B. No. 2192 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to clarify provisions of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act and conform to federal law.

Specifically, the bill amends chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by:

(1) Adding and amending definitions to section 329-1, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to be consistent with federal law;

(2) Establishing central fill pharmacies;

(3) Clarifying the circumstances under which narcotics may be used;

(4) Clarifying the requirements of a controlled substance prescription;

(5) Clarifying the conditions for the transmittal of prescriptions by facsimile equipment;

(6) Adding new violations to the list of prohibited acts; and

(7) Allowing limited sharing of controlled substances prescription information with other governmental agencies.

The Hawaii Pharmacists Association and Kaiser Permanente testified in support of this bill. The state Department of Public Safety and Longs Drugs supported the bill with amendments.

Your Committee has amended this measure in accordance with the amendments suggested by the Department of Public Safety and Longs Drugs by:

(1) Clarifying the language defining "central fill pharmacy" in section 2;

(2) Clarifying the language defining "maintenance treatment" in section 2;

(3) Adding military identification to the types of valid identification card in section 2;

(4) Clarifying facsimile prescriptions in section 4; and

(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2192, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2192, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety & Military Affairs,

		____________________________ KEN ITO, Chair