STAND. COM. REP. NO. 818

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 1999

                                 RE: H.B. No. 1136
                                     H.D. 2




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 1999
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.B. No.
1136, H.D. 1, entitled: 

     "A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO THE DRUG FORMULARY,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Board of Health
to designate the Orange Book and its supplements, published by
the United States Food and Drug Administration, as the state
generic drug formulary.

     The Department of Health, the Hawaii Medical Service
Association and Longs Drugs testified in support of the bill.
Times SuperMarket Pharmacies and the Pharmacy Association of
Hawaii testified in support of the intent of the bill but
suggested changes.

     Your Committee has amended the bill by making technical,
nonsubstantive changes for purposes of style and clarity.

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your
Committee is in accord with the intent and purpose of H.B. No.
1136, H.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends that it pass
Third Reading in the form attached hereto as H.B. No. 1136, H.D.
2.


 
 
 
 
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                                   Respectfully submitted on
                                   behalf of the members of the
                                   Committee on Finance,



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair