STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1292

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2011

 

RE:   H.C.R. No. 128

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2011

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committees on Labor & Public Employment and Human Services and Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 128 entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO REVIEW POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR STATE FUNDED DRUG COVERAGE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ON THE USE OF REBATES, MANUFACTURER PAYMENTS, INCENTIVES, PRESCRIPTION REIMBURSEMENTS AND PATIENTS RIGHT TO SELECT A PHARMACY PROVIDER OF THEIR OWN CHOICE,"

 

beg leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the Governor to convene a task force to, among other things, review policies and procedures for state-funded drug coverage programs and services on the use of rebates, manufacturer payments, incentives, prescription reimbursements, and patients' rights to select a pharmacy provider of their own choice.

 

     The Healthcare Association of Hawaii testified in support of this measure.

 

     Your Committees have amended this concurrent resolution by:

 

(1)  Specifying that the task force's review of potential alternatives to the use of the mandated mail order formula and incorporation of the alternatives into the protocols of the various options available are also to better address language barrier issues;

 

(2)  Increasing the total membership of the task force by two members to 13 members, thereby increasing the appointment of task force members by the Governor to five members, to also specify membership representation from the islands of Hawaii, Maui, and Oahu; and

 

(3)  Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style, which includes the amending of the bill's title to read: 

    

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF HAWAII TO CONVENE A TASK FORCE TO REVIEW POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR STATE-FUNDED DRUG COVERAGE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES ON THE USE OF REBATES, MANUFACTURER PAYMENTS, INCENTIVES, PRESCRIPTION REIMBURSEMENTS, AND PATIENTS' RIGHTS TO SELECT A PHARMACY PROVIDER OF THEIR OWN CHOICE."

 

     As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Labor & Public Employment and Human Services and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 128, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce, in the form attached hereto as H.C.R. No. 128, H.D. 1.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Labor & Public Employment and Human Services and Health,

 

 

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JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair

 

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KARL RHOADS, Chair

 

 

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RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair