CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REP. NO. 71

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                 , 2015

 

RE:    H.B. No. 252

       H.D. 1

       S.D. 2

       C.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Sir and Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Conference on the disagreeing vote of the House of Representatives to the amendments proposed by the Senate in H.B. No. 252, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PHARMACY BENEFIT MANAGERS,"

 

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:

 

     (1)  Establish requirements for a pharmacy benefit manager that reimburses a contracting pharmacy for a drug on a maximum allowable cost basis; and

 

     (2)  Require pharmacy benefit managers to have a clearly defined process for a contracting pharmacy to appeal the maximum allowable cost for a drug on a maximum allowable cost list and establish requirements for that process.

 


     Your Committee on Conference has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2015; and

 

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

 

     Your Committee on Conference recognizes that there is a concern because the measure does not specify the maximum length of time afforded to file an appeal with the pharmacy benefit manager.  Your Committee on Conference understands that the applicable deadlines for filing an appeal are provided for in the Pharmacy Benefit Manager's Manual.

 

     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. 252, H.D. 1, S.D. 2, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Final Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 252, H.D. 1, 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

 

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JOSH GREEN, Chair

 

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ANGUS L.K. MCKELVEY, Co-Chair

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ROSALYN H. BAKER, Co-Chair

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Co-Chair

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RONALD D. KOUCHI, Co-Chair

 

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SCOTT Y. NISHIMOTO, Co-Chair