STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1953-18
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2018
RE: S.B. No. 2646
S.D. 1
H.D. 3
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Ninth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2018
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Judiciary, to which was referred S.B. No. 2646, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUGS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The
purpose of this measure is to reduce the public's access to Schedule II, III, or IV controlled
substances by:
(1) Requiring a prescriber to consult the State's Electronic Prescription Accountability System (System)
before prescribing the controlled substance in a quantity equaling a supply of
seven days or longer, subject to certain exemptions; and
Your Committee has amended this measure by specifying that a prescriber's failure to consult the System, when required, may result in disciplinary action by the appropriate licensing authority, rather than under specific, enumerated prescribers' disciplinary licensing laws.
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 S.B. No. 2646, S.D. 1, H.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2646, S.D. 1, H.D. 3.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Judiciary,
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____________________________ SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Chair |
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