STAND. COM. REP. NO. 237-16
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2016
RE: H.B. No. 1672
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 H.B. No. 1672 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFITS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
Your Committee has amended this measure by:
(1) Blanking out the distances that determine whether a beneficiary can obtain a prescription from any retail community pharmacy without penalty; and
(2) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2070, to encourage 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 H.B. No. 1672, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1672, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,
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____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair |
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