STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2240

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2067

       S.D. 1

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2014

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2067 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to establish that it is prohibited under the Hawaii Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to sell, deliver for sale, hold for sale, or offer for sale any dietary supplement that does not conform to federal good manufacturing practices for dietary supplements.

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from The Queen's Health Systems.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from the Department of Health and three individuals.

     Your Committee finds that there is an unprecedented number of patients presenting with acute liver failure in the State.  Your Committee further finds that these patients were previously healthy before taking a certain weight loss and performance enhancing supplement.  To prevent similar situations in the future, this measure provides additional safety assessments of dietary supplements to improve the public health.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Inserting an effective date of January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

     (2)  Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

     Your Committee notes that it is important to begin to explore the Department of Health's capacity to examine dietary supplements imported into the State.  Your Committee further notes that the Department of Health would have to develop new protocols regarding dietary supplements to undertake this task.

     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. 2067, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2067, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

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JOSH GREEN, Chair