STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1927

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2019

RE: S.B. No. 1486

S.D. 1

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirtieth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2019

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 1486, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow for the disclosure, at the discretion of the Administrator of the Department of Public Safety Narcotics Enforcement Division, of confidential investigative information from the electronic prescription accountability system to:

(1) Authorized personnel from the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division and the Emergency Medical Services and Injury Prevention Systems Branch of the State Department of Health; and

(2) The United States Department of Defense Health Agency prescription monitoring program.

The Department of Public Safety, Department of Health, and Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii testified in support of this measure.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Judiciary that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 1486, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

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

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CHRIS LEE, Chair