STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1511-00

                                 Honolulu, Hawaii
                                                   , 2000

                                 RE: H.C.R. No. 184
                                     




Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twentieth State Legislature
Regular Session of 2000
State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committee on Finance, to which was referred H.C.R. No.
184 entitled: 

     "HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING A TASK FORCE TO
     REVIEW AND REPORT ON THE BENEFITS AND FEASIBILITY OF
     COLLABORATIVE HEALTH CARE PURCHASING ARRANGEMENTS BETWEEN
     HAWAII QUEST AND THE HAWAII PUBLIC EMPLOYEES HEALTH FUND,"

begs leave to report as follows:

     The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to reduce the
State's overall administrative costs for health care purchasing
by requesting the establishment of a Task Force to review and
report on the feasibility of establishing collaborative health
care purchasing arrangements between the Hawaii Public Employees
Health Fund (Health Fund) and the Hawaii QUEST Program,
including:

     (1)  Coordination of health plan purchasing standards;

     (2)  Combined purchasing of administrative services;

     (3)  Cooperative purchasing of health services; and

     (4)  Establishing a single health care purchasing agency for
both the QUEST Program and the Health Fund. 

     As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your
Committee on Finance that is attached to this report, your

 
 
 
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Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 184,
and recommends its adoption.

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



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                                   DWIGHT Y. TAKAMINE, Chair