Georgia Senate - 1995/1996 Sessions

SR 556 - Jt. Study Comm. on Hospital Restructuring - create

Page Numbers - 1/ 2

1. Thompson  33rd         2. Marable  52nd           3. Brown  26th


Senate Comm: Rules      /         House Comm: Rules      /                                          
Senate Vote: Yeas 44    Nays 7                                                                      
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              Senate          Action          House                                                 
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             2/14/96   Read 1st time          3/6/96                                                
             2/29/96   Favorably Reported                                                           
             Am        Committee Amend/Sub                                                          
             3/5/96    Read 2nd Time          3/7/96                                                
             3/6/96    Read 3rd Time                                                                
             3/6/96    Passed/Adopted                                                               
             CA        Comm/Floor Amend/Sub                                                         
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SR 556 96                                          SR556/CA/3

      SENATE RESOLUTION 556

      By:  Senators Thompson of the 33rd, Marable of the 52nd and
           Brown of the 26th

                             A RESOLUTION

  1- 1  Creating the Joint Study Committee on Hospital
  1- 2  Restructuring; and for other purposes.

  1- 3  WHEREAS, adequate health care is vitally important to the
  1- 4  citizens of this state; and

  1- 5  WHEREAS, health care costs take an ever increasing
  1- 6  percentage of the gross domestic product; and

  1- 7  WHEREAS, hospitals play a significant role in determining
  1- 8  both the adequacy and cost of health care in this state; and

  1- 9  WHEREAS, the shift to a more market driven health care
  1-10  delivery system has created a variety of new hospital
  1-11  combinations with hospital authorities, nonprofit hospitals,
  1-12  and for profit hospitals combining in networks and other
  1-13  arrangements; and

  1-14  WHEREAS, a study of these arrangements is necessary to
  1-15  determine whether they serve the interest of the public and
  1-16  whether additional regulatory controls may be needed.

  1-17  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
  1-18  GEORGIA that there is created the Joint Study Committee on
  1-19  Hospital Restructuring to be composed of ten members.  Five
  1-20  members shall be members of the Senate appointed by the
  1-21  President of the Senate, who shall also appoint one of those
  1-22  members as cochair.  Five members shall be members of the
  1-23  House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the
  1-24  House, who shall also appoint one of those members as
  1-25  cochair.

  1-26  BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall undertake a
  1-27  study of the conditions, needs, issues, and problems
  1-28  mentioned above or related thereto and recommend any actions
  1-29  or legislation which the committee deems necessary or
  1-30  appropriate.  The committee may conduct such meetings at
  1-31  such places and at such times as it may deem necessary or
  1-32  convenient to enable it to exercise fully and effectively
  1-33  its powers, perform its duties, and accomplish the
  1-34  objectives and purposes of this resolution.  The members of
  1-35  the committee shall receive the allowances authorized for
  1-36  legislative members of interim legislative committees but

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  2- 1  shall receive the same for not more than five days unless
  2- 2  additional days are authorized.  The funds necessary to
  2- 3  carry out the provisions of this resolution shall come from
  2- 4  the funds appropriated to the House of Representatives and
  2- 5  Senate.  In the event the committee makes a report of its
  2- 6  findings and recommendations, with suggestions for proposed
  2- 7  legislation, if any, such report shall be made on or before
  2- 8  December 15, 1996.  The committee shall stand abolished on
  2- 9  December 15, 1996.






































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