REPORT TITLE:
Contr Substances; Dispensers


DESCRIPTION:
Allows the administrator of the narcotics enforcement division to
share information from the electronic prescription accountability
system with "dispensers" (practitioners who dispense controlled
substances).

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                        
THE SENATE                              S.B. NO.           604
TWENTIETH LEGISLATURE, 1999                                S.D. 1
STATE OF HAWAII                                            
                                                             
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                   A  BILL  FOR  AN  ACT

RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES.



BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 1      SECTION 1.  Section 329-104, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is
 
 2 amended by amending subsection (c) to read as follows:
 
 3      "(c)  This section shall not prevent the disclosure, at the
 
 4 discretion of the administrator, of investigative information to:
 
 5 [law] (1) Law enforcement officers[;], investigative agents of
 
 6           federal, state, or county law enforcement agencies[;],
 
 7           prosecuting attorneys[;], or the attorney general, [in
 
 8           furtherance of criminal investigations or prosecutions
 
 9           within their respective jurisdictions;] provided that
 
10           the administrator has reasonable grounds to believe
 
11           that the disclosure of any information collected under
 
12           this part is in furtherance of an ongoing criminal
 
13           investigation[.] or prosecution; or
 
14      (2)  Dispensers, provided that the information disclosed
 
15           relates only to the dispenser's own patient.
 
16           Information disclosed to a dispenser under this section
 
17           shall be transmitted by certified mail or a similar
 
18           means requiring the dispenser's signature for delivery
 
19           of the information."
 

 
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 1      SECTION 2.  There is appropriated out of the controlled
 
 2 substance registration revolving fund the sum of $50,862, or so
 
 3 much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 1999-2000, for
 
 4 one full-time equivalent (1.00 FTE) data processing systems
 
 5 analyst IV position and other current expenses to carry out the
 
 6 purpose of this Act.  The sum appropriated shall be expended by
 
 7 the department of public safety.
 
 8      SECTION 3.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed.
 
 9 New statutory material is underscored.
 
10      SECTION 4.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1999.