Bill Text: CA ACR107 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered

California Assembly Concurrent Resolution 107 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Year of the Family Physician.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Passed) 2014-07-07 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 82, Statutes of 2014. [ACR107 Detail]

Download: California-2013-ACR107-Chaptered.html

BILL NUMBER: ACR 107	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  82
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 7, 2014
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  JUNE 26, 2014
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 15, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bloom

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   Relative to Year of the Family Physician.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 107, Bloom. Year of the Family Physician.
   This measure would designate 2014 as the "Year of the Family
Physician."



   WHEREAS, Family physicians are trusted members of their
communities, dedicated to keeping patients as healthy as possible
throughout their lives; and
   WHEREAS, Family physicians' practices are a place for patients and
families to turn to for care and needed advice; and
   WHEREAS, Family physicians integrate the biological, clinical, and
behavioral sciences to provide continuing and comprehensive health
care; and
   WHEREAS, The care provided by family physicians covers all ages,
sexes, each organ system, and every disease; and family physicians
pay special attention to their patients' lives within the context of
their families and their communities; and
   WHEREAS, Family physicians have the unique opportunity to affect
the health of patients over their entire lifetimes; and
   WHEREAS, Family physicians can provide patients with a
patient-centered medical home through which they receive a full range
of services within the context of a continuing relationship with
their family physician and are dedicated to treating the whole
person, integrating care for male and female patients of all ages
within the context of the community, and advocating for the patient
in an increasingly complex health care system; and
   WHEREAS, Family physicians are geographically distributed across
the country more equitably than other health care providers; and
   WHEREAS, Family physicians are accessible to disadvantaged
populations that lack access to quality health care, which in turn
helps to reduce health disparities; and
   WHEREAS, Individuals who regularly visit a family physician in a
patient-centered medical home are more likely to receive preventive
services and better management of chronic illnesses and have a
decreased chance of premature death, thereby improving health
outcomes and lowering costs; and
   WHEREAS, Adults in the United States who have a family physician
or another type of primary care physician have 33 percent lower
health care costs and 19 percent lower odds of dying than those who
see only a specialist; and
   WHEREAS, As a nation, we would save $67 billion each year if
everyone saw a family physician or another type of primary care
provider as their usual source of care; and
   WHEREAS, Meeting the "Triple Aim" of better health, better care,
and lower costs in our health care system means placing a new
emphasis on primary care as provided by family physicians; and
   WHEREAS, The majority of health insurance regulations, the launch
of Covered California, Medi-Cal eligibility expansion, and other
significant provisions of the federal Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) are effective January 1, 2014;
and
   WHEREAS, There is a tremendous value to ensuring that all patients
have access to health insurance coverage and care, especially as our
communities face a dire shortage of primary care physicians,
including family physicians, a problem that will be exacerbated by
the entrance of millions of newly insured into the health care
market; and
   WHEREAS, The implementation of the PPACA will lead to a
significant demand for experienced and well-trained health care
professionals who can treat a wide variety of health conditions and
compassionately guide patients through our complex health care
system; and
   WHEREAS, Every patient and every family deserves a family
physician; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature declares 2014 as the "Year
of the Family Physician" in recognition of the critically important
role family physicians will play for patients and communities during
the implementation of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act of 2010 and beyond; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.