Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2001

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Health, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 107 entitled:

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this concurrent resolution is to request the State Health Planning and Development Agency (SHPDA) to develop a State of Hawaii Health Policy Guidebook based on the Hawaii Health Performance Plan (HHPP).

SHPDA, the Statewide Health Coordinating Council, H2P2 Plan Development Committee, Certificate of Need Review Panel, Hawaii County Subarea Health Planning Council, Windward Oahu Subarea Health Planning Council, Tri Isle Subarea Health Planning Council, West Oahu Subarea Health Planning Council, Honolulu Subarea Health Planning Council, Kauai Subarea Health Planning Council, Rehabilitation Hospital of the Pacific, Hawaii Disability Rights Center, Kaiser Permanente, and St. Francis Healthcare System of Hawaii submitted testimony in support of this measure.

Your Committee notes that SHPDA is statutorily required to be Hawaii's primary health planning and development agency and serves as a regulatory and collaborative planning and development agency. It is through planning and development activities that HHPP was conceived and now serves as the foundation upon which SPHDA's other activities are based.

Your Committee further notes that through the collaborative efforts of public and private agencies and the diligent work of SHPDA, the health care industry, and communities throughout the State, a "map" of Hawaii's health care development vision has been developed.

Your Committee understands that this guidebook will place Hawaii at the forefront of community health planning in the United States. Moreover, this guidebook will have a significantly positive impact on the health of our island's communities.

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. 107 and recommends its adoption.