STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1373

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 170

       S.D. 2

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2009

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Ways and Means, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 170, S.D. 1, entitled:

 

"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE HAWAII STATE LEGISLATURE TO CONVENE A HAWAII HEALTH CARE SUMMIT TO DEVELOP A STRATEGIC AND COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR HEALTH CARE IN HAWAII,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose of this measure is to convene a Hawaii Health Care Summit to develop a strategic and comprehensive plan for health care in Hawaii.

 

     Specifically, this measure:

 

(1)  Expresses the intent to include all stakeholders;

 

(2)  Specifies membership on the Hawaii Health Care Summit totaling twenty-five members;

 

(3)  Expresses the intent to reimburse members for necessary expenses, including travel expenses;

 

(4)  Specifies the minimum contents of the strategic and comprehensive plan to include:

         

(A)  A plan for an improved emergency and trauma system;

 

(B)  A plan for fair reimbursements from government and private payers to health care providers;

 

(C)  A plan for strengthening the financial performance of hospitals and long-term care facilities;

 

(D)  A workforce development plan for physicians, particularly addressing rural communities and medical specialties, that includes the establishment of a process for the comprehensive assessment and projection of workforce needs;

 

(E)  A workforce development plan for other health care professionals; and

 

(F)  A health information technology plan that is consistent with federal efforts to accelerate the use of electronic health records;

 

(5)  Directs the Summit to report to the Legislature and the Auditor twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2010;

 

(6)  Directs the Auditor, after receipt of the Summit report, to:

 

(A)  Prepare the Hawaii Health Care Summit plan, incorporating all or a portion of the recommendations reported by the Hawaii Health Care Summit;

 

(B)  Seek input from all state departments and solicit public views and concerns in preparation of the plan;

 

(C)  Submit the Hawaii Health Care Summit plan to the Legislature no later than twenty days before the convening of the Regular Session of 2011; and

 

(D)  Update the plan every ten years and report to the Legislature; and

 

(7)  Terminates the Hawaii Health Care Summit after the adjournment sine die of the 2010 Regular Session of the Legislature.

 

     Your Committee received eight written comments on this measure.  The written comments may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that the strategic and comprehensive plan for health care in Hawaii required by this measure is necessary to develop an effective solution for health care in the State.

 

     Upon further consideration, your Committee has amended this measure by:

 

(1)  Clarifying that the Hawaii Health Summit has twenty-six members, rather than twenty-five;

 

(2)  Adding the Chief Executive Officer of the Healthcare Association of Hawaii as a member of the Hawaii Healthcare Summit and to the list of those who are to receive a copy of this concurrent resolution; and

 

(3)  Making other technical amendments for the purpose of clarity and accuracy.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Ways and Means that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 170, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommends its adoption in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 170, S.D. 2.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Ways and Means,

 

 

 

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DONNA MERCADO KIM, Chair