STAND. COM. REP. NO.1305

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2001

RE: S.B. No. 257

S.D. 2

H.D. 2

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 257, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE RETURN OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to allow only acute care hospitals to return prescription drugs to the hospital's pharmacy for redistribution.

Testimony in support of this measure was received from the Board of Pharmacy of the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs. Kaiser Permanente provided comments.

Your Committee realizes that redistributing previously dispensed drugs helps to curb escalating health costs, while posing no threat to the public because of safe and effective standards at acute care hospitals.

In the interest of facilitating further discussion, your Committee has amended this measure by changing the effective date to January 1, 2050.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 257, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 257, S.D. 2, H.D. 2.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce,

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KENNETH T. HIRAKI, Chair