Bill Text: HI SCR122 | 2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Hawaii Health Care Summit

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 19-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-04-12 - (H) Referred to HLT/HUS, LMG, FIN, referral sheet 67 [SCR122 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2010-SCR122-Amended.html

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STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2876

 

Honolulu, Hawaii

                  

 

RE:    S.C.R. No. 122

       S.D. 1

 

 

 

Honorable Colleen Hanabusa

President of the Senate

Twenty-Fifth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2010

State of Hawaii

 

Madam:

 

     Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 122 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.

 

     Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from the ‘Ohana Health Plan, the Healthcare Association of Hawaii, the Hawai‘i Primary Care Association, Kaiser Permanente, the Hawaii Medical Service Association, the Hawaii Medical Association, the Hawaii Association of Health Plans, the Hawaii Long Term Care Association, and the Hawaii State Rural Health Association.  Written testimony presented to the Committee may be reviewed on the Legislature's website.

 

     Your Committee finds that the current healthcare system in Hawaii, while excellent, is financially unsustainable.  To continue providing Hawaii residents with quality healthcare it is imperative that we have a strong and sustainable healthcare system.  Your Committee further finds that an integral part of reform is establishing a strong but flexible long-term healthcare plan for Hawaii.

 

Your Committee hopes that this multi-disciplinary summit will explore the problems facing the Hawaii healthcare system and the many options available, with the goal of creating a strong, innovative, comprehensive, yet financially sustainable, healthcare system.

 

     Your Committee has amended this measure by adding representatives from the Hawaii Association of Health Plans, Kaiser Permanente, the Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii, the Hawaii Medical Association, the Hawaii Nursing Association, the Hawaii Long Term Care Association, and the Hawaii State Rural Health Association to the membership of the summit.

 

     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 S.C.R. No. 122, as amended herein, and recommends that it be referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 122, S.D. 1.

 

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

 

		____________________________ DAVID Y. IGE, Chair