STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1046

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.B. No. 253

       H.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Donna Mercado Kim

President of the Senate

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2015

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 253, H.D. 2, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VACCINATIONS,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to authorize pharmacists to administer vaccines to persons between fourteen and seventeen years of age who have a valid prescription from the patient's medical home.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Department of Health, Board of Pharmacy, American Academy of Pediatrics, Walgreens, and six individuals.  Your Committee received testimony in opposition to this measure from two individuals.  Your Committee received comments on this measure from the Hawaii State Center for Nursing.

 

     Your Committee finds that allowing pharmacists to administer vaccinations will help to meet an important public health need.  Furthermore, ensuring information is properly checked and originating from the medical home minimizes the possibility of vaccination errors related to contraindications, guides timely spacing of vaccinations, and ensures the correct documentation of vaccinations in the patient's medical record.

 

     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. 253, H.D. 2, and recommends that it pass Second Reading and be referred to the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection.

 

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

 

 

 

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JOSH GREEN, Chair