Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2004

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2798 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to improve access to health care by:

The Board of Pharmacy, Synapse Legislative Services, Inc., and the National Association of Chain Drug Stores testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee finds that pharmacists currently are allowed to administer drugs and immunizations by injection. Some vaccines, such as the flu vaccine, are also available as an intranasal vaccine. This bill will provide patients with easily accessible, convenient, and needed immunization services.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 2798 and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection and Commerce.