STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 255-24
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2024
RE: H.B. No. 2462
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-Second State Legislature
Regular Session of 2024
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Human Services, to which was referred H.B. No. 2462 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTION ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Human Services.
Your Committee finds that the Department of Human Services' Med-QUEST Division is required to report to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services a broad range of information regarding the use of and treatment for various different drugs. Your Committee further finds that because some of this information is only available from the Prescription Accountability System, permitting certain authorized employees to have access to the system would allow the Med-QUEST Division to support the Hawaii Prescription Drug Monitoring Program's missions of improving clinical decision-making, preventing prescription drug misuse, and improving quality of care.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 3000, to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Human Services that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2462, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2462, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Human Services,
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____________________________ LISA MARTEN, Chair |
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