STAND. COM. REP. NO. 531-22

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2022

RE: H.B. No. 2340

H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, Human Services, & Homelessness, to which was referred H.B. No. 2340 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow the use of post office box address for the purposes of dispensing prescriptions under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from Kaiser Permanente Hawai‘i and one individual.

Your Committee finds that permitting post office boxes as an option for prescriptions, provided that the physical location of the post office box is readily accessible, will promote more efficiency and effectiveness in the timely delivery of prescriptions to customers.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Clarifying that when dispensing controlled substances to a post office box, pharmacies may dispense prescriptions to a post office box if the pharmacy has the physical location where the individual resides on file;

(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2060, to encourage further discussion; and

(3) Making a technical, nonsubstantive amendment for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health, Human Services, & Homelessness that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2340, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2340, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health, Human Services, & Homelessness,

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair