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HI SB338
Bill
Status
1/20/2017
Primary Sponsor
Gil Keith-agaran
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AI Summary
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Changes prescription drug reimbursement under workers' compensation from 140% of average wholesale price to minus 10% of average wholesale price for brand name and generic drugs.
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Applies the same minus 10% reimbursement rate to compounded prescription drugs based on the average wholesale price by gram weight of each underlying drug.
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Requires pharmaceutical claims for repackaged, relabeled, or compounded drugs to include the National Drug Code of the original manufacturer.
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Limits physician-dispensed prescription drugs to the first 90 days following the date of injury.
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Aims to align Hawaii's drug reimbursement rates with national averages and other progressive workers' compensation states like California and Oregon.
Legislative Description
Relating To Workers' Compensation.
Workers' Compensation
Last Action
Re-Referred to LBR/CPH, WAM.
1/17/2018