STAND. COM. REP. NO.  1515

Honolulu, Hawaii

                , 2017

RE:   H.C.R. No. 161

Honorable Joseph M. Souki

Speaker, House of Representatives

Twenty-Ninth State Legislature

Regular Session of 2017

State of Hawaii

Sir:

     Your Committees on Health and Human Services, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 161 entitled:

"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE CONVENING OF A WORKING GROUP RELATING TO COMPLEX PATIENTS,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose of this measure is to request that the MedQUEST Administrator convene and chair a working group composed of representatives of health care and health insurance providers to consider solutions, including incentive or add-on payments, to encourage the transfer of patients with complex and long-term health needs out of acute care hospitals and into more appropriate long-term care settings.

Healthcare Association of Hawaii and The Queen's Health Systems submitted testimony in support of this measure.

     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 H.C.R. No. 161 and recommend that it be referred to your Committee on Finance.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Human Services,

____________________________ DEE MORIKAWA, Chair

____________________________ DELLA AU BELATTI, Chair