HI SCR114

Request that the Auditor conduct a study analyzing the costs and benefits of the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund (EUTF) relying on a single provider to fulfill prescription drugs.

Study must examine immediate cost savings against long-term costs of potentially losing independent community pharmacies, including losses in rural communities and costs to members without convenient access to the single provider.

Request all pharmacy providers in Hawaii submit to EUTF and Med-QUEST Division their top fifteen generic medications by units dispensed for enrollees in 2020, including drug name, national drug code, reimbursement per unit, total units dispensed, total value, and plan BIN and PCN.

EUTF and Med-QUEST Division must compile submitted pharmacy data and report findings to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the 2022 Regular Session convening, with all data deidentified.

Require certified copies of the resolution be transmitted to the Auditor, EUTF Board Chair, and Med-QUEST Administrator for distribution to all pharmacies that fulfilled prescriptions for EUTF or Med-QUEST enrollees in 2020.