STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1064-16

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2016

 

RE:   S.B. No. 2320

      S.D. 1

      H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Eighth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2016

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.B. No. 2320, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO CONTRACEPTIVE SUPPLIES,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to expand access to prescription contraceptives by:

 

(1)  Authorizing pharmacists to prescribe and dispense contraceptive supplies to patients who are at least 18 years old, regardless of whether the patient has received a previous prescription for contraceptive supplies from an authorized provider;

 

(2)  Specifying requirements pharmacists must meet prior to prescribing and dispensing contraceptive supplies; and

 

(3)  Requiring all insurers in the State, including health benefits plans under the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund and Medicaid managed care program, to reimburse pharmacists who prescribe and dispense contraceptive supplies.

 

     The Department of Health, LGBT Caucus of the Democratic Party of Hawaii, Healthy Mothers Healthy Babies, Hawaii Section of the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, CVS Health, Hawaii Public Health Association, Hawaii Women's Coalition, and two individuals testified in support of this measure.  The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, American Council of Life Insurers, Hawaii Medical Service Association, and Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii commented on this measure.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Clarifying that limited benefit insurers are excluded from the coverage requirements established by this measure; and

 

(2)  Changing its effective date to July 1, 2112, to facilitate further discussion.

 

     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 S.B. No. 2320, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2320, S.D. 1, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Judiciary.

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

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DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair