STAND. COM. REP. NO. 1732
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2005
RE: S.C.R. No. 195
S.D. 1
H.D. 1
Honorable Calvin K.Y. Say
Speaker, House of Representatives
Twenty-Third State Legislature
Regular Session of 2005
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committees on Health and Human Services, to which was referred S.C.R. No. 195, S.D. 1, entitled:
"SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE STATE HEALTH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO IDENTIFY AND EVALUATE THE BARRIERS TO COMMUNITY-BASED ACCESS TO SPECIALTY CARE AND TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE ACCESS TO SPECIALTY CARE ON THE NEIGHBOR ISLANDS AND IN RURAL OAHU,"
beg leave to report as follows:
The purpose of this measure is to request that the state health planning and development agency identify and evaluate barriers to community-based access to specialty care, and make recommendations that would improve access to specialty care in rural areas and on the neighbor islands.
The Hawaii Health Systems Corporation, Hawaii Medical Home Implementation Grant, and a concerned individual testified in support of this concurrent resolution.
Your Committee finds that the barriers to specialty health care are considerable for patients those residing on the neighbor islands and in rural parts of Oahu, and that a systemic assessment by the state health planning and development agency would provide useful and valuable information for improving community access to specialty care.
Your Committee has amended this concurrent resolution to incorporate issues of concern in the recruitment and retention of specialty care doctors.
As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Human Services that are attached to this report, your Committees concur with the intent and purpose of S.C.R. No. 195, S.D. 1, as amended herein, and recommend that it be referred to the Committee on Finance, in the form attached hereto as S.C.R. No. 195, S.D. 1, H.D. 1.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Human Services,
____________________________ ALEX M. SONSON, Chair |
____________________________ DENNIS A. ARAKAKI, Chair |
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