STAND. COM. REP. NO. 319

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 1191

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2021

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 1191 entitled:

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

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to update chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to clarify that advance practice registered nurses, pharmacists, authorized staff of the MedQuest program, and certain employees of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs may access information stored in the electronic prescription accountability system.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health and Department of Public Safety.

Your Committee finds that this measure aligns with and supports the goals of the Hawaii Opioid Initiative to combat the national opioid crisis as well as assist the federal government in its initiative to provide veterans with more health care options.

Your Committee has amended this measure by making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

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. 1191, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 1191, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.

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

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JARRETT KEOHOKALOLE, Chair