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HB223
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H.B. NO.
223
THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025
STATE OF HAWAII
A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING
TO PHARMACY
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
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SECTION 1.
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The legislature finds there is a need to support the Daniel K. Inouye
college of pharmacy to ensure the quality of health care and improve access to
care for the people of the State.
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With
further resources, the college can proactively address issues of the State's
current health care crisis and leverage pharmacists to fill gaps in care
related to medication management.
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Pharmacists are the most accessible health care providers and strongly
embedded as a trusted resource in many remote communities.
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The college could leverage pharmacists across
the health care spectrum to recruit and retain highly qualified pharmacists to
practice in the State, create a plan for an innovative pharmacy practice model,
and serve as the resource for the pharmacy profession as the medical system
shifts to a value and team-based care model where pharmacy will play an
integral role in patient outcomes.
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The purpose of this Act is to establish a
pharmacist workforce assessment fee to fund activities of the Daniel K. Inouye
college of pharmacy to support pharmacist workforce assessment and planning
efforts.
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SECTION 2.
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Chapter 304A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new
section to part V, subpart C, to be appropriately designated and to read as
follows:
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�304A-
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Daniel K. Inouye college of pharmacy
special fund.
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(a)
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There is established the
Daniel K. Inouye
college of pharmacy special fund
, to be administered and expended by the
university of Hawaii.
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(b)
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The following shall be deposited into the special fund:
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(1)
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Appropriations
by the legislature;
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(2)
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Pharmacist
workforce assessment fees established pursuant to section 461‑ ;
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(3)
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Grants,
donations, gifts, or other income received for the purposes of the special
fund; and
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(4)
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Interest
earned or accrued on moneys in the special fund.
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(c)
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Moneys in the special fund shall be used to support the Daniel K. Inouye
college of pharmacy's activities related to pharmacist workforce assessment and
planning within the State; provided that the pharmacist workforce assessment
fees transferred and deposited into the special fund pursuant to
section 461‑ shall be used to support pharmacist
workforce assessment and planning efforts, including the recruitment and
retention of pharmacists, for rural and medically underserved areas of the
State.
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These efforts shall include but
not be limited to:
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(1)
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Maintaining
accurate pharmacist workforce assessment information and providing or updating
personal and professional information, which shall be maintained in a secure
database;
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(2)
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Providing
loan repayment to pharmacists who commit to working in medically underserved
areas of the State as part of the Hawaii state loan repayment program
administered by the Daniel K. Inouye college of pharmacy; and
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(3)
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Providing
scholarships to qualifying pharmacy students, to be determined by the Daniel K.
Inouye college of pharmacy.
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(d)
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The Daniel K. Inouye college of pharmacy may disclose information
specific to any pharmacist only with the express written consent of that pharmacist.
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SECTION 3.
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Chapter 461, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section
to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:
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�461-
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Pharmacist workforce assessment fee.
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(a)
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There shall be assessed upon every license
and permit issued by the board a pharmacist workforce assessment fee, as
determined under subsection (b), that shall be transferred and deposited into
the Daniel K. Inouye college of pharmacy special fund established under
section 304A‑ .
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(b)
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The pharmacist workforce assessment fee shall be as follows:
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(1)
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$ ,
for each renewed license as a pharmacist;
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(2)
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$ ,
for each new or renewed wholesale prescription drug distributor license;
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(3)
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$ ,
for each new or renewed pharmacy permit under section 461-14; and
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(4)
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$ ,
for each new or renewed permit under section 461-15.
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SECTION
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Section 461-8,
Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsections (a) and (b) to read
as follows:
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"(a)
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All licenses issued by the board, except temporary licenses issued under
section 461-7, shall be renewed biennially on or before December 31 of each
odd-numbered year.
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Failure to pay the
biennial fee and[
, beginning with the renewal for the licensing biennium
commencing on January 1, 2008,
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pharmacist workforce assessment fee and
to satisfy the continuing education requirement on or before December 31 of
each odd-numbered year, shall constitute a forfeiture of the license as of the
date of expiration.
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(b)
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Any license forfeited pursuant to subsection (a) may be restored within
three years upon payment of any penalty fee, the current biennial fees, and the
renewal fee
and pharmacist workforce assessment fee
for the next
biennium, if applicable, upon submission of proof of compliance with the
continuing education requirement for the prior biennium, and upon meeting any
other requirements specified in rules adopted pursuant to chapter 91."
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SECTION
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Section 461-16,
Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as
follows:
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"(a)
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The board shall collect application, license, and permit fees
and the
pharmacist workforce assessment fee
for each permit to operate a pharmacy
or for each license to operate as a wholesale prescription drug distributor and
a fee for the issuance of a permit in accordance with section 461-15(a)(1),
(5), (6) and (7)."
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SECTION 6.
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The director of commerce and consumer affairs shall disburse on a
quarterly basis from the compliance resolution fund, established pursuant to
section 26-9(o), Hawaii Revised Statutes, to the credit of the Daniel K. Inouye
college of pharmacy special fund established pursuant to section
304A- , Hawaii Revised Statutes, all moneys collected from the
pharmacist workforce assessment fee assessed pursuant to section
461- , Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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SECTION 7.
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There is appropriated out of the compliance
resolution fund the sum of
$
or so much
thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2025-2026 and the same sum or so
much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2026-2027
to be deposited into the Daniel K. Inouye
college of pharmacy special fund established pursuant to section
304A- , Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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The sums shall be reimbursed from
the Daniel K. Inouye college of pharmacy special fund to the compliance
resolution fund by July 1, .
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SECTION
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There
is appropriated out of the Daniel K. Inouye college of pharmacy special fund
the sum of $
or
so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2025-2026 and the same sum
or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2026-2027
for the purposes of the special fund as
authorized under section 304A- (c), Hawaii Revised Statutes.
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The sums appropriated shall be
expended by the university of Hawaii for the purposes of this Act.
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SECTION 9.
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Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.
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New statutory material is underscored.
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SECTION
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This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2025.
INTRODUCED BY:
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Report Title:
Pharmacy;
Pharmacists; Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy Special Fund; Pharmacist Workforce
Assessment Fees; Appropriation
Description:
Establishes
the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy Special Fund to support pharmacist
workforce assessment and planning efforts.
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Establishes the pharmacist workforce assessment fee.
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Appropriates funds.
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