STAND. COM. REP. NO.  807

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2013

 

RE:   H.B. No. 651

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Seventh State Legislature

Regular Session of 2013

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred H.B. No. 651 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTIONS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to amend the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, in chapter 329, Hawaii Revised Statutes, by adding definitions consistent with federal law, clarifying conditions for electronic prescriptions, and specifying prohibited acts related to electronic prescriptions.

 

     The Department of Public Safety, Hawaii Medical Service Association, Hawaii Medical Association, CVS Caremark, Kaiser Permanente Hawaii, and Walgreen Co. supported this measure.  

 

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

 

     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 H.B. No. 651, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 651, H.D. 1.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair