Bill Text: HI SB2820 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Advisory Commission on Drug Abuse and Controlled Substances

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-04-27 - (S) Act 087, 4/26/2012 (Gov. Msg. No. 1188). [SB2820 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-SB2820-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2461

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.B. No. 2820

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.B. No. 2820 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE HAWAII ADVISORY COMMISSION ON DRUG ABUSE AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to amend the duties of the Hawaii Advisory Commission on Drug Abuse and Controlled Substances to allow the Commission to focus on addressing the issue of substance abuse as a public health issue.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health, Department of Public Safety, and one individual.  Testimony in opposition was received from the Drug Policy Forum of Hawaii.

 

     Your Committee finds that this measure will more closely align the duties of the Commission with the core functions of public health, including assessment, policy development, and the assurance of appropriate public health services.

 

     Your Committee expressed concern that, as a result of this measure, the Commission may not have the ability to advise the Department of Public Safety regarding controlled substances.  However, testimony indicated that the Commission has not advised the Department of Public Safety for many years.  It appears that the scheduling of controlled substances is largely a matter of federal law with rare exceptions for local circumstance.  Nonetheless, your Committee prefers that there be open communication and dialogue between the Commission and the Narcotics Enforcement Division when appropriate.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2820 and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety, Government Operations, and Military Affairs,

 

		____________________________ WILL ESPERO, Chair