STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2516

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE:    S.B. No. 2770

       S.D. 1

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

Madam:

     Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, 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 measure is to clarify the definitions of "remote dispensing machine" and "remote dispensing pharmacy."

     Your Committee did not receive any testimony on this measure.  Your Committee reviewed testimony previously submitted to the Committee on Health in its deliberations. 

     Your Committee finds that remote dispensing pharmacies are an important component of the health care delivery system for residents of rural islands and remote areas because they help to remove barriers to accessing essential medications.  Your Committee finds that clarifying the definitions of "remote dispensing machine" and "remote dispensing pharmacy" will allow remote dispensing pharmacies to better serve the residents of rural islands and remote areas.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2770, S.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection,

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair