STAND. COM. REP. NO.  231-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   H.B. No. 2464

      H.D. 1

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2464 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PRACTICE OF PHARMACY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to improve Hawaii's health care system and expedite patient care by allowing pharmacists the authority to administer immunizations to persons at least nine years of age with parental consent.

     Walgreen Co. testified in support of this bill.  The Board of Pharmacy offered comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by changing its effective date to July 1, 2020.

     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. 2464, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2464, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.

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

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair