STAND. COM. REP. NO. 601-16
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2016
RE: H.B. No. 1672
H.D. 2
Honorable Joseph M. Souki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Eighth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2016
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 1672, H.D. 1, entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
measure.
Should the Committee on Finance deliberate this measure further, your Committee respectfully requests that it further examine the role of pharmacy benefit managers in contracting with non-network pharmacies and whether network pharmacies can contract with insurers.
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Specifying 14 miles as the distance that determine whether a beneficiary can obtain a prescription from any retail community pharmacy without penalty; and
(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2112, to encourage further discussion.
Your Committee notes that it inserted 14 miles as the appropriate distance that determines whether a beneficiary can obtain a prescription from any retail community pharmacy without penalty because of the impact on rural areas, such as the islands of Molokai and Hawaii.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1672, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Judiciary in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1672, H.D. 2.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce,
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____________________________ ANGUS L.K. McKELVEY, Chair |
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