CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 110-24

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2024

RE: H.B. No. 1836

H.D. 2

S.D. 2

C.D. 1

Honorable Scott K. Saiki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sirs:

Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 1836, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

having met, and after full and free discussion, has agreed to recommend and does recommend to the respective Houses the final passage of this bill in an amended form.

The purpose of this measure is to allow registered pharmacists, during declared states of emergency, to refill prescriptions for persons directly affected by the declared emergency for up to a thirty-day supply without the practitioner's authorization if the practitioner is unavailable to authorize the refill and if, in the pharmacist's professional judgment, failure to refill the prescription might interrupt the patient's ongoing care and have a significant adverse effect on the patient's well-being.

Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by changing its effective date to upon its approval.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the managers of your Committee on Conference that is attached to this report, your Committee on Conference is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1836, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1836, H.D. 2, S.D. 2, C.D. 1.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the managers:

ON THE PART OF THE SENATE

ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

____________________________ JOY A. SAN BUENAVENTURA Chair	____________________________ LINDA ICHIYAMA Co-Chair
____________________________ GLENN WAKAI Co-Chair	____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI Co-Chair
____________________________ JARRETT KEOHOKALOLE Co-Chair	____________________________ JACKSON D. SAYAMA Co-Chair
	____________________________ MAHINA POEPOE Co-Chair