S.B. 2919 Summary

• Amends Section 329-101, Hawaii Revised Statutes to require reporting of pharmacist-prescribed opioid antagonists to the electronic prescription accountability system, alongside controlled substances.

• Expands the designated state agency's role to identify opioid antagonists used to reverse opioid overdoses as part of determining controlled substances being misused in Hawaii.

• Requires dispensers to report information on pharmacist-prescribed opioid antagonist dispensing in numerical format at least once every seven days to the central repository.

• Mandates dispensers maintain records of opioid antagonist dispensing for five years and keep records available for inspection by the designated state agency.

• Effective date: July 1, 2050.