STAND. COM. REP. NO.  810-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2018

RE:   H.B. No. 2145

      H.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2018

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No. 2145, H.D. 1, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO MEDICATION SYNCHRONIZATION,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to facilitate medication synchronization for efficient medication refilling by requiring health insurance plans that provide prescription drug benefits to apply prorated daily cost-sharing rates for prescriptions dispensed in less than thirty-day supplies by pharmacies.  This measure also authorizes licensed pharmacists to adjust the supply of a prescription dispensed to the patient for purposes of medication synchronization.

The Department of Health, Hawaii Medical Association, American Cancer Society, Cancer Action Network, Kaiser Permanente Hawaii, and several concerned individuals supported this measure.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Hawaii Medical Service Association, and Walgreen Co. provided comments.

     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. 2145, 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