STAND. COM. REP. NO.  827-10

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2010

RE:   S.B. No. 2770

      S.D. 1

      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 S.B. No. 2770, S.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO REMOTE DISPENSING PHARMACY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to increase access to medication and pharmacy services in Hawaii's underserved and rural areas by eliminating restrictions on the types of pharmaceuticals dispensed from remote dispensing pharmacies (RDP).

     Kaiser Permanente Hawaii and Hawaii Pacific Health testified in support of this bill.  The Board of Pharmacy provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

(1)  Restricting the use of RDPs to federally qualified health centers;

(2)  Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

     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 S.B. No. 2770, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2770, S.D. 1, 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