STAND. COM. REP. NO.  157

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.B. No. 1299

      H.D. 1

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1299 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to assist certain patients with maintaining better compliance with their prescription medication regimen by allowing pharmacies to provide customized medication packaging to certain patients if specific provisions are met.

Hawaii Community Pharmacists Association and a concerned individual testified in support of this measure.  Walgreen Co. supported the intent of this measure.  The Hawaii Medical Service Association provided comments.

     Your Committee has amended this measure by changing its effective date to July 1, 2090, to facilitate further discussion.

     Should your Committee on Judiciary deliberate this measure further, your Committee on Health respectfully requests that it consider amendments proposed by Walgreen Co. to ensure this measure comports with Hawaii's Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and statutes governing pharmacies and pharmacists.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1299, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1299, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

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

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair