Bill Text: HI HB63 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Board of Pharmacy; Pharmacy Benefit Management Companies
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-12-18 - Carried over to 2014 Regular Session. [HB63 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2014-HB63-Introduced.html
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TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2013 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to pharmacy.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 461-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§461-2 Board of pharmacy;
appointment; qualifications. There shall be a board of pharmacy of [seven]
eight members[.] with the following requirements:
(1) Five members of the board shall be
graduates of a school or college of pharmacy and [shall] have been
licensed as pharmacists and actively engaged in the practice of pharmacy for at
least five years prior to their appointment [and];
(2) [two] Two members shall be from
the public [members.];
(3) Four members of the board shall be
residents of the city and county of Honolulu [and];
(4) [three] Three members shall
be residents of counties other than the city and county of Honolulu[.];
and
(5) One member shall be a representative from a pharmacy benefit management company."
SECTION 2. Section 461-4.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) In addition to any other powers and duties authorized by law, the board:
(1) Shall adopt, amend, and repeal rules pursuant to chapter 91, as it deems proper for the purposes of this chapter, Public Law 100-293, and 21 Code of Federal Regulations part 205;
(2) Shall examine, license, reinstate, and renew the licenses of qualified applicants for registered pharmacists and wholesale prescription drug distributors, and issue and renew permits to operate pharmacies;
(3) Shall adopt, amend, and repeal rules pursuant to chapter 91 to regulate all pharmacy benefit management companies, permitted under section 461-15, that engage in the practice of pharmacy, in any manner to distribute, ship, mail, or deliver prescription drugs or devices into the State.
[(3)] (4) May require the inspection of
any wholesale prescription drug distributor premises in the State to ensure
compliance with this chapter and rules adopted under this chapter, or may
require an applicant for a pharmacy license to submit a statement that the
premises, including but not limited to security and sanitation, are in
conformance with the board's requirements and that the applicant possesses the
reference materials and technical clinical equipment and supplies as may be
specified in rules adopted under this chapter; and
[(4)] (5) May fine, suspend, or revoke
any license or permit for any cause prescribed by this chapter, or for any
violation of the rules adopted under this chapter, and refuse to grant or renew
any license or permit for any cause which would be ground for revocation or
suspension of a license or permit."
SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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Report Title:
Board of Pharmacy; Pharmacy Benefit Management Companies
Description:
Adds a member from a pharmacy benefit management company to the board of pharmacy. Requires the board of pharmacy to adopt, amend, and repeal rules pursuant to chapter 91 to regulate all pharmacy benefit management companies that engage in the practice of pharmacy, in any manner to distribute, ship, mail, or deliver prescription drugs into the State.
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