STAND. COM. REP. NO.  833-16

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

RE:   H.B. No. 1757

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 1757, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize pharmacies to provide customized patient medication packages to patients of institutional facilities or to members of the general public; provided that:

(1)  The pharmacy has obtained the consent of the patient, patient's caregiver, patient's guardian, or prescribing practitioner, and the consent is accompanied with the patient's current prescription; and

(2)  The customized patient medication package meets the prescription dispensing requirements pursuant to state law.

The State Council on Developmental Disabilities, Adult Foster Homecare Association of Hawaii, and several individuals testified in support of this measure.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1757, H.D. 1, and recommends that it pass Third Reading.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Finance,

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SYLVIA LUKE, Chair