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TWENTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE, 2012 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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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.
WHEREAS, the quality and cost of healthcare affects every resident of Hawaii, whether the individual is covered by public or private insurance or uninsured; and
WHEREAS, the State spends nearly a quarter of its budget on healthcare purchasing and provides insurance for more than one-third of the population; and
WHEREAS, new approaches to healthcare delivery, payment, and use of information technology can have a transformative effect on Hawaii's health and healthcare, resulting in more consistently high quality of care, reduced cost inflation, and a healthier population; and
WHEREAS, the federal Affordable Care Act offers the State opportunities, guidance, and new requirements to transform its healthcare system; and
WHEREAS, transforming the state government's structure for healthcare policy, planning, and purchasing is part of a long-term plan for healthcare transformation and universal access to care that promises better quality and greater cost-effectiveness for beneficiaries of the State's programs as well as having a positive influence on the healthcare delivery and payment systems outside the state government's purview; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-sixth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2012, the Senate concurring, that the Office of the Governor is requested to conduct a study on the efficacy of combining state government health policy, planning, and purchasing in a single agency to advance transformation of Hawaii's healthcare system and universal access to care; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the study shall identify the advantages and any disadvantages of such a change in departmental structure, enumerate the steps and timeline for making such a change, and provide an estimate of both the costs for implementation as well as potential savings and benefits; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Office of the Governor shall submit a report of its findings and recommendations to the Legislature, including any proposed legislation, no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2013; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Governor, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Healthcare Transformation Coordinator, Director of Human Services, Director of Health, and Administrator of the Hawaii Employer-Union Health Benefits Trust Fund.
State Government Health Policy