STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1342

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2007

RE:   H.R. No. 34

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2007

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Human Services & Housing and Health, to which was referred H.R. No. 34 entitled:

"HOUSE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES TO ESTABLISH AN INTERIM TASK FORCE TO REVIEW THE STATE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE COST PROGRAM'S REIMBURSEMENT POLICY AND ITS IMPACT ON SMALL, INDEPENDENT, COMMUNITY PHARMACIES,"

beg leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this resolution is to request the Department of Human Services to establish an interim task force to review the State maximum allowable cost program's reimbursement policy and its impact on small, independent, community pharmacies.

     Longs Drug Store testified in support of this resolution. The Department of Human Services supported the intent of this measure.

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Human Services & Housing and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.R. No. 34 and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Human Services & Housing and Health,

____________________________ JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Chair

____________________________ KARL RHOADS, Acting Chair and Vice Chair