Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Legislative Management, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 129 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this Concurrent Resolution is to request the Legislative Reference Bureau to conduct a study on the feasibility of implementing a state pharmaceutical assistance program.

Specifically, this Concurrent Resolution requests the compilation of data on the status of prescription drugs in Hawaii, including the number and percentage of uninsured and underinsured, the profile of users and need, and the scope of available programs and access to prescription drugs. Information is also requested from other states with similar programs.

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii Pharmacists Association and testimony commenting on the measure from the Legislative Reference Bureau.

Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this measure to incorporate the suggestion made by the Legislative Reference Bureau to remove the references to the "underinsured" and "profiles" in order to make the study less confusing, better focused, and targeted to the needs of the Legislature.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Legislative Management that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 129, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 129, H.D. 1.