STAND. COM. REP. NO. 289-06

Honolulu, Hawaii

, 2006

RE: H.B. No. 1873

H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Third State Legislature

Regular Session of 2006

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Health, to which was referred H.B. No. 1873 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PRESCRIPTIONS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this bill is to protect the confidentiality of patient prescription information by making transfer or sale of this information by pharmacy benefits managers, insurance companies, electronic transmission intermediaries, or retail, mail order, or Internet pharmacies, punishable as an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the conduct of any trade or commerce under section 480-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes.

The ILWU provided testimony supporting this bill. The Board of Pharmacy and Department of Public Safety supported the intent of the bill.

In light of the concerns expressed by the Board of Pharmacy and Department of Public Safety, the effective date of this bill was changed to July 1, 2050 to allow further discussion of the measure. Technical, nonsubstantive amendments were also made for purposes of clarity, consistency, and style.

 

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Health that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 1873, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1873, H.D. 1, and be referred to the Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Consumer Protection & Commerce and Health,

 

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DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair

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ROBERT N. HERKES, Chair