STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1637

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2009

RE:   S.B. No. 568

      S.D. 2

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred S.B. No. 568, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTRONIC PRESCRIPTIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to establish the Electronic Prescription Drug Program Task Force within the Department of Health (DOH) to develop a plan to implement, by July 1, 2011, an electronic prescription drug program for use by pharmacists, physicians, and others authorized to prescribe or dispense prescription drugs in the state.

     Policy Advisory Board for Elder Affairs and Kaiser Permanente Hawaii supported this bill.  DOH, Department of Human Services, and Walgreen Co. submitted comments.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 568, S.D. 2, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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MARCUS R. OSHIRO, Chair