STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1999-18

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2018

RE: S.C.R. No. 135

S.D. 1

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 Consumer Protection & Commerce, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 135, S.D. 1, entitled:

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE BOARD OF PHARMACY TO CONVENE A WORKING GROUP TO REVIEW THE CURRENT SCOPE OF PRACTICE, LICENSING REQUIREMENTS, AND CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS FOR PHARMACISTS AND CONSIDER WHETHER THE SCOPE OF PRACTICE AND CORRESPONDING LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR PHARMACISTS SHOULD BE ENHANCED,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request the Board of Pharmacy to convene a working group to review the current scope of practice, licensing requirements, and continuing education requirements for pharmacists and to determine whether the scope of practice and such requirements should be enhanced.

The Department of Health, Board of Pharmacy, Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy of the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, Hawaii Medical Service Association, Weinstein Pharmacy, Oahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, Walgreen Co., and three individuals testified in support of this measure.

Your Committee has amended this measure by:

(1) Deleting the request of the working group to:

(A) Gather information on other jurisdictions' laws and regulations relating to the practice of pharmacy;

(B) Review and recommend implementation of pharmacist best practices;

(C) Review and recommend any additional education, training, or licensing requirements; and

(D) Clarify definitions that appeared in House Bill No. 1950, H.D. 2, Regular Session of 2018;

(2) Amending the representative from the Department of Health to be an individual designated by the Director of Health, rather than an individual from the Department of Health's Communicable Disease and Public Health Nursing Division;

(3) Naming the Hawaii Medical Service Association as the representative from the local health industry; and

(4) 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 concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 135, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Finance in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 135, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.

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

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ROY M. TAKUMI, Chair