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HI HB1539
Bill
Status
Introduced
1/21/2026
Primary Sponsor
Gregg Takayama
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AI Summary
- Repeals Hawaii law provisions that prohibited prescription drug plans and pharmacy benefit managers from imposing different copayments, fees, or conditions on retail pharmacy customers versus mail order pharmacy customers
- Removes protections that prevented retail pharmacies from being subject to different quantity limits, prescription length restrictions, or refill requirements compared to mail order pharmacies
- Removes prohibition on requiring retail pharmacy customers to pay upfront and seek reimbursement when mail order customers are not subject to the same requirement
- Mail order pharmacies can reduce prescription copayments by approximately 33% and may help address retail pharmacy shortages that force patients to purchase higher-cost brand-name drugs
- Beneficiaries still cannot be required to exclusively use mail order pharmacies, and plans cannot impose conditions that materially interfere with a patient's right to choose their retail pharmacy
Legislative Description
Relating To Prescription Drugs.
Prohibitions
Last Action
Referred to HLT, CPC, referral sheet 1
1/26/2026
Committee Referrals
Health1/26/2026
Full Bill Text
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