WHO:
Representative
John Mizuno, Chair, House Committee on Health
Senator Rosalyn Baker, Chair, Senate
Committee on Commerce, Consumer Protection and Health
WHAT:
Informational
Briefing to review Hawaiʻi’s policy on safe
drug take back and disposal programs to fight the opioid epidemic
WHEN:
Thursday,
November 21, 2019
10 a.m.
WHERE:
Hawaii
State Capitol
Room 309
Honolulu,
Hawaiʻi
–The House Committee on Health and the Senate Commerce, Consumer Protection,
and Health Committee will hold an informational briefing policy on the prescription drug take back program and the
efficiency of onsite destruction of opioids in room 309 at 10 a.m. Nov.
21 at the State Capitol.
HB1272
which was signed into law on July 2, 2019 as Act 183 allows for the safe
prescription drug take back and disposal program being utilized by CVS Long's
and 17 of their pharmacies statewide.
According to the United
States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency: 200 Americans
die every day from an opioid overdose; 2,000 Americans suffer an overdose every
day; and from 1999 to 2017, more than 700,000 people have died from a drug
overdose.
This
briefing will seek to accomplish these four goals:
●
Examine the prescription drug take back program and the effectiveness of onsite
destruction of such drugs.
●
Understand the risks associated with diversion – the possibility of
prescription drugs being returned and falling into the wrong hands.
●
Review the Riverton, Utah Model of onsite destruction of prescription
medications and drugs returned to various sites.
● Begin
a discussion about Hawaiʻi’s need for a well-considered, thoughful transition
to their current prescription drug take back program and a program that
provides for both the safe take back and onsite destruction of such drugs.
Presentations include:
- State Department of Health (DOH)
- DOH – Behavioral Health Administration, Eddie Mersereau
- Mayor Trent Staggs, Riverton, Utah
- David Schiller former DEA Agent, Denver, Colorado
- State Attorney General's Office
- United State Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA)
- Honolulu Police Department
- CVS Pharmacy
At the conclusion of the presentations the
Committees will reserve the final 10 minutes to highlight the top priorities
relating to an efficient prescription drug take back and disposal program in
Hawai'i and a plan of action which may contain bill proposals for the 2020 Legislative session,
administrative action, and/or memorandum of agreements between departments to
ensure consumer protection while navigating the opioid epidemic.
No
public testimony will be accepted.
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