STAND. COM. REP. NO.  387-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2983

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Human Services and Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2983 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to make a technical amendment to the Department of Human Services' (DHS) reporting requirements on the use of psychotropic medication and budget impact of unrestricted access to psychotropic medications.

     DHS offered comments.

     Your Committees have amended this bill by:

     (1)  Prohibiting DHS from imposing any restriction or limitation on the coverage for, or access to, psychotropic medications prescribed by licensed naturopathic physicians;

     (2)  Requiring DHS to include psychotropic medications prescribed by licensed naturopathic physicians to its annual report identifying the use and budget impact of unrestricted access to psychotropic medications;

     (3)  Changing the effective date to January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2983, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2983, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair

____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair