Bill Text: HI HCR32 | 2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: State Government Health Policy

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-04-26 - (H) Resolution adopted in final form. [HCR32 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2012-HCR32-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3569

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    H.C.R. No. 32

       H.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Shan S. Tsutsui

President of the Senate

Twenty-Sixth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2012

State of Hawaii

 

Sir:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 32, H.D. 1, entitled:

 

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE TO CONDUCT A STUDY ON THE EFFICACY OF COMBINING STATE GOVERNMENT HEALTH POLICY, PLANNING, AND PURCHASING IN A SINGLE AGENCY IN ORDER TO ADVANCE TRANSFORMATION OF HAWAII'S HEALTHCARE SYSTEM AND UNIVERSAL ACCESS TO CARE,"

 

begs leave to report as follows:

 

     The purpose and intent of this measure is to request the Office of the Governor to conduct a study on the efficacy of combining state government health policy, planning, and purchasing in a single agency in order to advance transformation of Hawaii's healthcare system and universal access to care.  

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the Office of the Governor and one individual.

 

     Your Committee finds that the State's healthcare model has shortcomings that include a failure to encourage regular use of primary and preventive care, sporadic use of health information technology, and a fragmented continuum of care, among other things.  Your Committee also finds that new approaches to healthcare delivery, payment, and information technology can have a transformative effect on the health of Hawaii's residents, resulting in more consistent quality of care, reduced cost inflation, and a healthier population overall, and efforts to examine the costs and benefits of such change are critical to the wellbeing of the State.

 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 32, H.D. 1, and recommends its adoption.

 

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health,

 

		____________________________ JOSH GREEN, M.D., Chair