STAND. COM. REP. 2385

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2004

RE: S.B. No. 2090

S.D. 1

 

 

Honorable Robert Bunda

President of the Senate

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Health and Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing, to which was referred S.B. No. 2090 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO A PRESCRIPTION DRUG REPOSITORY PROGRAM,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to establish a prescription drug repository program to receive and dispense donated prescription drugs to needy persons.

Testimony in opposition to this measure was received from the Department of Health and the Board of Pharmacy.

Your Committees find that there is a substantial amount of unused yet safe prescription drugs that can be donated and provided to needy persons. With the high costs of prescription drugs that can force needy persons to decide between buying the prescription drugs they need or having a meal, your Committees find that this program will be beneficial to the needy of Hawaii.

Your Committees have amended this measure by prohibiting individuals from donating unused prescription drugs.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2090, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2090, S.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian Affairs.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Commerce, Consumer Protection and Housing,

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RON MENOR, Chair

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair