STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2499

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 3382

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 Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 3382 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PRESCRIPTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to allow the utilization of post office boxes for prescriptions by amending the definition of "address" under chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Kaiser Permanente Hawaii.

Your Committee finds that currently, if a controlled substance prescription has a post office box address, the pharmacist cannot dispense the medication until the pharmacist has verified the patient's identification, noted the ID number on the prescription, and changed the address. Your Committee finds that allowing pharmacists to utilize post office boxes for controlled substance prescriptions can increase workflow efficiency while not compromising patient safety. Your Committee also notes that the term "post office box" for the purposes of this measure is also intended to include rural route numbers.

Your Committee has amended this measure by inserting an effective date of January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion.

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. 3382, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 3382, 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