STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2964

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3136

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred S.B. No. 3136, S.D. 1, 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 require a dispenser of a controlled substance to either:

(1) Report the filling of a controlled substance prescription to the State's Electronic Prescription Accountability System in real-time; or

(2) Report "zero" not less than once every seven days if no controlled substances prescriptions are filled.

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

Your Committee finds that section 329-101(d), Hawaii Revised Statutes, is not in line with the national trend of requiring real-time reporting of data to track the dispensing of controlled substances. Real-time reporting develops a critical body of timely and relevant data for health care professionals with prescriptive authority. Your Committee further finds that a zero-reporting requirement provides accountability in the dispensing of controlled substances and aids in the enforcement of related laws. Accordingly, your Committee finds that this measure promotes the responsible prescribing and dispensing of controlled substances by aligning existing law with national best practices.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 3136, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair