STAND. COM. REP. NO.  190-08

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2008

 

RE:   H.B. No. 2445

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Fourth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2008

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 2445 entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO ADVERTISING BY MANUFACTURERS OF PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND DISCLOSURE OF CLINICAL TRIALS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this bill is to increase transparency in pharmaceutical research and development and providing consumers with greater awareness of the products they take by:

 

(1)  Requiring prescription drug ads to meet federal standards;

 

(2)  Mandating public disclosure of clinical trial information;

 

(3)  Directing drug manufacturers to pay fees to the Department of Health (DOH) to fund a public education initiative on clinical trials and drug safety; and

 

(4)  Establishing the Prescription Drug Advertising Special Fund to collect funds which will be expended by DOH carryout the requirements of this bill.


 

The Hawaii Alliance for Retired Americans and ILWU supported this bill.  DOH, Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, and Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America opposed this measure.  The Department of Budget and Finance submitted comments.

 

Your Committee has amended this bill by:

 

(1)  Setting the drug manufactures annual fee at $100; and

 

(2)  Making technical, nonsubstantive changes for clarity, consistency, and style.

 

     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. 2445, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 2445, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary.

 

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

 

 

 

 

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JOSHUA B. GREEN, M.D., Chair