HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.B. NO.	2464
TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2010		H.D. 2
STATE OF HAWAII		S.D. 1

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING TO PRACTICE OF PHARMACY.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

     SECTION 1.  (a)  There is established a pharmacy-administered vaccinations to minors task force to be placed within the department of health for administrative purposes only.  The task force shall comprise:

     (1)  The director of health or the director's designee;

     (2)  The chair of the board of pharmacy or the chair's designee;

     (3)  The dean of the University of Hawaii at Hilo college of pharmacy or the dean's designee;

     (4)  One pharmacist each from Walgreens and Long's Drugs;

     (5)  One representative from an independent pharmacy; and

     (6)  One member of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Hawaii Chapter.

     (b)  Each task force member shall be appointed no later than August 15, 2010.  The director of health or the director's designee shall be the chairperson of the task force and shall establish procedural rules for its internal administration.  The rules shall be exempt from the public notice and hearing provisions of chapter 91, Hawaii Revised Statutes.  The members of the task force shall serve without compensation and without reimbursement for travel expenses.

     (c)  The pharmacy-administered vaccinations to minors task force shall investigate:

     (1)  The potential benefits and disadvantages of allowing pharmacists to administer vaccines to children:

         (A)  Between the ages of nine and eighteen years old with parental consent; and

         (B)  Between the ages of nine and eighteen years old with parental consent exclusively during public health emergencies;

     (2)  Whether parental consent for pharmacy-administered vaccinations to minors is sufficient or whether a valid prescription from a licensed physician is also necessary;

     (3)  The most effective means to lower age restrictions for pharmacy-administered vaccines;

     (4)  Whether additional education or certification requirements for vaccinating pharmacists would be necessary or recommended;

     (5)  Other states' vaccination age restrictions that allow vaccination of minors by pharmacists in all or limited circumstances;

     (6)  What constitutes a public health emergency in the State and methods of public notification of the emergency; and

     (7)  What role, if any, public and private schools have in immunizing children during public health emergencies;

     (d)  The task force shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations, including any proposed implementing legislation, to the legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the regular session of 2011;

     (e)  The pharmacy-administered vaccinations to minors task force shall cease to exist after June 30, 2011.

     SECTION 2.  This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2010 and shall be repealed on July 1, 2011.

Report Title:

Practice of Pharmacy; Vaccination Task Force

Description:

Establishes the pharmacy-administered vaccinations to minors task force to examine the benefits and disadvantages of lowering the pharmacy-administered vaccination age to nine years old in a public health emergency.  (SD1)

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