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Committee passes pharmacy workforce center measure with amendment after governance and fee questions
Summary
Lawmakers passed HB2161 with amendments to defect the effective date and requested statutory clarifications after pharmacy stakeholders proposed a workforce center and a modest licensure fee ($100 biennially) to fund data collection and workforce planning.
The joint education and consumer protection committees on March 25 adopted a chair recommendation to pass House Bill 2161 with amendments that defer the effective date and call for technical edits. The bill would establish the Daniel K. Inouye College of Pharmacy Special Fund and a pharmacists workforce assessment fee intended to fund workforce assessments and planning.
Corey Sanders, executive director of the Hawaii Pharmacists Association, said the state lacks consistent pharmacy workforce data and…
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