STAND. COM. REP. NO. 645

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 848
                                     H.D. 1




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Labor and Public Employment, to which was
referred H.B. No. 848 entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO SUBSTANCE ABUSE TESTING,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to permit an employer to use
substance abuse on-site screening tests that meet the
requirements of the United States Food and Drug Administration
for commercial distribution.

     Hoffman LaRoche Pharmaceuticals testified in support of this
bill.  The Department of Health opposed the measure.

     Your Committee finds that permitting businesses to use on-
site screening tests will decrease the cost of pre-employment
screening for such businesses.

     Your Committee has amended the bill by:

     (1)  Clarifying that the on-site tests may be used for pre-
          employment screening purposes only;

     (2)  Requiring employers to adhere to the United States Food
          and Drug Administration guidelines;

     (3)  Deleting the exemption from state substance abuse
          testing requirements for on-site screening test
          operators; and

 
 
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     (4)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for
          purposes of style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Labor and Public Employment that is attached to this
report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose
of H.B. No. 848, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 848, H.D.
1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary and Hawaiian
Affairs.

                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Labor and Public
                                   Employment,



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                                   TERRY NUI YOSHINAGA, Chair