STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1569

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   S.B. No. 513

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 2

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.B. No. 513, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONTRACEPTIVE SUPPLIES,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to authorize pharmacists to independently prescribe and dispense self-administered hormonal contraceptive supplies without a prior prescription and subject to specified education and procedural requirements.  This measure also authorizes insurance reimbursements to pharmacists for contraceptive supplies prescribed and dispensed.

The Board of Pharmacy, Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy at the University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hawaii Pharmacists Association, Times Pharmacy, Walgreen Company, and several concerned individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Hawaii Section of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, American Osteopathic Association, and Hawaii Association of Osteopathic Physicians and Surgeons testified in opposition to this measure.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs and Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

     (1)  Deleting language requiring reimbursements to pharmacists for contraceptive supplies prescribed and dispensed; 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 Consumer Protection & Commerce that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 513, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Third Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 513, S.D. 1, H.D. 2.

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

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair