Bill Text: HI SB2462 | 2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating To The State Health Planning And Development Agency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-29 - The committee on HHS deferred the measure. [SB2462 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2024-SB2462-Introduced.html
THE SENATE |
S.B. NO. |
2462 |
THIRTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2024 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
RELATING TO THE STATE HEALTH PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 323D-12, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
"§323D-12 Health planning and development functions; state agency. (a) The state agency shall:
(1) Have as a principal function the
responsibility for promoting [accessibility for all the people of the State
to quality health care services at reasonable cost. The state agency shall conduct such studies
and investigations as may be necessary as to the causes of health care costs
including inflation. The state agency
may contract for services to implement this paragraph. The certificate of need
program mandated under part V shall serve this function. The state agency shall promote the sharing of
facilities or services by health care providers whenever possible to achieve
economies and shall restrict unusual or unusually costly services to individual
facilities or providers where appropriate;] universal
access to high quality, equitable, and affordable health care for all people in
the State; provided that, for purposes of this section, "health care"
means the improvement of health via the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and
amelioration or cure of disease, illness, injury, and other physical and mental
impairments, that are delivered in any setting;
(2) [Serve as staff to and provide
technical assistance and advice to the statewide council and the subarea
councils in the preparation, review, and revision of the state health services
and facilities plan;] Provide leadership and coordination
of activities and resources for state agencies that affect health care access
and quality, including but not limited to health insurance coverage rates,
health insurance benefits, affordability, workforce, reimbursement, quality,
administrative simplification, and health information technology;
(3) [Conduct the health planning activities of
the State in coordination with the subarea councils, implement the state health
services and facilities plan, and determine the statewide health needs of the
State after consulting with the statewide council; and] Prepare a state
health services and facilities plan, which shall include workforce
considerations, and update the plan every four years, after consulting with the
statewide council;
(4) Administer the state certificate of
need program pursuant to part V[.] and serve
as staff and provide technical assistance and advice to the statewide council
and subarea councils; and
(5) Develop, no later than 2027, and
annually thereafter, and in consultation with the governor, the department of
budget and finance, the employee-union trust fund, all public and private
health plans and entities in the State providing health insurance coverage, an
annual state global budget based on total costs of health care in order to
prevent costs from rising faster than general inflation and to assure the
affordability of health care services.
(b) The state agency may:
(1) Prepare [such] reports,
related health statistics as are needed to monitor and improve health care
access, outcomes, equity, quality, costs, and cost-effectiveness,
and recommendations on Hawaii's health care costs and public or private efforts
to reduce or control costs and improve health care quality as it deems
necessary. The report may include[,]
but not be limited to[,] a review of health insurance plans, the availability
of various kinds of health insurance and malpractice insurance to consumers,
and strategies for increasing competition in the health insurance field[.]
and across the health care delivery system;
[(2) Prepare and revise as necessary the
state health services and facilities plan.
(3) Prepare, review, and revise the
annual implementation plan.
(4)] (2) Assist the statewide council in the
performance of its functions[.];
[(5)] (3) Determine the need for new health services
proposed to be offered within the State[.];
[(6)] (4) Assess existing health care services and
facilities to determine whether there are redundant, excessive, or
inappropriate services or facilities and make public findings of any that are
found to be so. The state agency shall
weigh the costs of the health care services or facilities against the benefits
the services or facilities provide and there shall be a negative presumption
against marginal services[.];
[(7)] (5) Provide technical assistance to persons,
public or private, in obtaining and filling out the necessary forms for the
development of projects and programs[.];
[(8)] (6) Prepare reports, studies, and recommendations
on emerging health issues, such as medical ethics, health care rationing,
involuntary care, care for the indigent, and standards for research and
development of biotechnology [and], genetic engineering[.],
remote monitoring, and artificial intelligence; and
[(9)] (7) Conduct [such] other activities as are
necessary to meet the purposes of this chapter."
SECTION 2. In accordance with section 9 of article VII of the Hawaii State Constitution and sections 37-91 and 37-93, Hawaii Revised Statutes, the legislature has determined that the appropriations contained in Act 164, Regular Session of 2023, and this Act will cause the state general fund expenditure ceiling for fiscal year 2024-2025 to be exceeded by $ or per cent. This current declaration takes into account general fund appropriations authorized for fiscal year 2024-2025 in Act 164, Regular Session of 2023, and this Act only. The reasons for exceeding the general fund expenditure ceiling are that:
(1) The appropriation made in this Act is necessary to serve the public interest; and
(2) The appropriation made in this Act meets the needs addressed by this Act.
SECTION 3. There is appropriated out of the general revenues of the State of Hawaii the sum of $ or so much thereof as may be necessary for fiscal year 2024-2025 for administrative costs and the establishment of the following positions within the state health planning and development agency:
(1) One full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) administrative specialist IV position;
(2) One full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) research statistician VI position, to serve as the State health care informatician;
(3) One full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) research statistician V position, to serve as administrative data specialist;
(4) One full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) program specialist VI position, to serve as the State health planner;
(5) One full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) program specialist IV position, to serve as health planning liaison for the county of Hawaii;
(6) One full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) program specialist IV position, to serve as health planning liaison for the county of Kauai;
(7) One full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) program specialist IV position, to serve as health planning liaison for the county of Maui; and
(8) One full-time equivalent (1.0 FTE) program specialist IV position, to serve as health planning liaison for the city and county of Honolulu.
The sum appropriated shall be expended by the department of health for the purposes of this Act.
SECTION 4. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 5. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2024.
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Report Title:
Department of Health; State Health Planning and Development Agency; Functions; Positions; Expenditure Ceiling; Appropriation
Description:
Amends the functions of the State Health Planning and Development Agency. Declares that the general fund expenditure ceiling is exceeded. Establishes positions. Makes an appropriation.
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