STAND. COM. REP. NO. 156-12
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2012
RE: H.B. No. 1741
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Sixth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2012
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1741 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUG,"
begs leave to report as follows:
(1) The Insurance Commissioner to develop the form;
(2) Health care insurance providers that provide prescription drug benefits to accept only the uniform prior authorization form when requiring authorization for prescription drug benefits; and
(3) Prescribers to use the uniform prior authorization form to request prior authorization coverage for prescription drug benefits.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Specifying that advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants be consulted in the development of the form;
(2) Deleting from the form criteria, the requirement that the form not exceed two pages;
(3) Increasing to 72 hours, the time period in which a health care insurance provider must respond to a prescriber upon receipt of a completed form, or have the prior authorization request be granted;
(4) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to facilitate further discussion; and
(5) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for style, clarity, and consistency.
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. 1741, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1741, 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 |