Bill Text: HI SR108 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Pharmacist-Administered Vaccination Task Force; Lower Age of Recipients

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-04-09 - (S) Report and Resolution Adopted, as amended (SD 2). [SR108 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SR108-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3113

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.R. No. 108

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection, to which was referred S.R. No. 108, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"SENATE RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A TASK FORCE TO EXAMINE THE FEASIBILITY OF LOWERING THE AGE OF PHARMACY-ADMINISTERED VACCINATION RECIPIENTS TO NINE YEARS OLD,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to request the Chair of the Board of Pharmacy to establish a task force to examine the feasibility of lowering the age of pharmacy-administered vaccination recipients to nine years old.

 

     Testimony in support of this measure with amendments was received from Walgreen Co.  Testimony offering comments on this measure was submitted by the Board of Pharmacy, the Hawaii Pharmacists Association, and the Legislative Reference Bureau.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that vaccinations are an integral part of health care and that, in comparison to physicians, pharmacists keep longer hours and have more locations, making them more accessible to families.  In addition, your Committee finds that vaccination is often an essential element of a public health crisis response.  Your Committee further finds that the task force convened by this measure will identify and address barriers to vaccination accessibility and strategies to protect the health and well-being of Hawaii children and communities.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

     (1)  Including at least one representative from the Hawaii Pharmacists Association on the task force and accordingly, including the Executive Director of the Hawaii Pharmacists Association in the list of entities to which this measure shall be transmitted; and

 

     (2)  Including one pharmacist from a national chain that has experience in pharmacy-administered vaccinations to pediatric recipients as young as nine years of age on the task force.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 108, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.R. No. 108, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Commerce and Consumer Protection,

 

		____________________________ ROSALYN H. BAKER, Chair