STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 180
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2019
RE: H.B. No. 900
H.D. 1
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirtieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2019
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Health and Intrastate Commerce, to which was referred H.B. No. 900 entitled:
"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO VACCINATIONS,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy of the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, Board of Pharmacy, Hawai‘i Immunization Coalition, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists District VIII Hawai‘i Section, Walgreen Co., Planned Parenthood Votes Northwest and Hawaii, O‘ahu County Committee on Legislative Priorities of the Democratic Party of Hawai‘i, and many concerned individuals supported this measure. A concerned individual opposed this measure. The Department of Health and one concerned individual provided comments.
Your Committees have amended this measure by:
(1) Changing the effective date to July 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and
(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for clarity, consistency, and style.
Your Committees note that this is a housekeeping measure to clarify the intent of Act 68, Session Laws of Hawaii 2017, to allow authorized pharmacists to administer vaccines to persons between eleven and seventeen years of age.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Intrastate Commerce that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No. 900, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 900, H.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Intrastate Commerce,
____________________________ TAKASHI OHNO, Chair |
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____________________________ JOHN M. MIZUNO, Chair |
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