STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1188-12

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2012

RE:   S.B. No. 2229

      S.D. 2

      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 S.B. No. 2229, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VACCINATIONS,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to allow pharmacists to administer the influenza vaccine to persons between the ages of 14 and 17 under certain conditions.

The Department of Health, Board of Pharmacy, Hawaii Medical Service Association, 'Ohana Health Plan, Safeway, Times Supermarkets, Walgreen Co., and Hawaii Association of Health Plans testified in support of this measure.

     Your Committee has amended this bill by:

     (1)  Clarifying that pharmacists who administer the influenza vaccine to persons between the ages of 14 and 17 complete a training program approved by the Board of Pharmacy within every other biennial renewal period; and

     (2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments 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. 2229, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2229, S.D. 2, 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