STAND. COM. REP. NO. 2565

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.B. No. 2914

S.D. 1

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-First State Legislature

Regular Session of 2022

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committees on Health and Government Operations, to which was referred S.B. No. 2914 entitled:

"A BILL FOR AN ACT RELATING TO HEALTH,"

beg leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to:

(1) Establish the One Shared Health Vision plan with a pilot program to begin in Hawaii county; and

(2) Require the Office of Primary Care and Rural Health to facilitate discussions with key community health and social service organizations within Hawaii County to address the health and wellness needs of the most vulnerable by aligning the goals and objectives of key organizations into a 2030 one shared health vision plan.

Your Committees received testimony in support of this measure from one member of the Hawai‘i County Council; Hawai‘i Primary Care Association; Bay Clinic, Inc.; and Hawai‘i Public Health Institute. Your Committees received comments on this measure from the Department of Health and Hawai‘i State Rural Health Association.

Your Committees find that improving public health is a complex issue that requires an examination of the social determinants that may impact whether a community has continuous access to health care resources. Coordinated efforts at all levels is needed to support this important examination. Establishing a strong health network based in Hawaii County would allow the county to serve as a model of collaboration for other areas. This measure establishes the One Shared Health Vision plan that will coordinate discussions with health and social service organizations and community service providers in the County of Hawaii.

Your Committees have amended this measure by:

(1) Inserting an effective date of January 1, 2050, to encourage further discussion; and

(2) Making technical, nonsubstantive amendments for the purposes of clarity and consistency.

As affirmed by the records of votes of the members of your Committees on Health and Government Operations that are attached to this report, your Committees are in accord with the intent and purpose of S.B. No. 2914, as amended herein, and recommend that it pass Second Reading in the form attached hereto as S.B. No. 2914, S.D. 1, and be referred to your Committee on Ways and Means.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committees on Health and Government Operations,

________________________________ SHARON MORIWAKI, Chair

________________________________ JARRETT KEOHOKALOLE, Chair