STAND. COM. REP. NO. 206-16
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2016
RE: H.B. No. 2253
H.D. 1
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2016
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2253 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO OVERDOSE PREVENTION AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) Granting immunity to health care professionals and others who prescribe and administer an opioid antagonist; and
(2) Authorizing emergency personnel and first responders to administer an opioid antagonist.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Defining "harm reduction organization", "protocol", and "standing order" in the Overdose Prevention Emergency Response Act;
(2) Specifying that a pharmacist, acting in good faith and with reasonable care, shall not be subject to any criminal or civil liability or professional disciplinary action for dispensing an opioid antagonist;
(3) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2070, to encourage further discussion; and
(4) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, 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 H.B. No. 2253, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2253, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,
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____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair |
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