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SR 416 - Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Auth. Overview Committee - create

Scott, David (36th)	Thomas, Nadine (10th)	Egan, Michael J (40th)
Fort, Vincent D (39th)

Status Summary	SC:	Ethics	HC:	Rules	FR:	01/14/00	LA:	02/17/00	H - Read 2nd Time (CS )

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A resolution to create the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority Overview Committee; and for other purposes.

SR 416                                            LC 19 4553S 
 
 
              The Senate Ethics Committee offers the following 
          substitute to SR 416: 
 
 
                             A RESOLUTION 
 
  1- 1  To create the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority Overview 
  1- 2  Committee; and for other purposes. 
 
  1- 3  WHEREAS, the provision of public health services is a vital 
  1- 4  concern to the citizens of this state, including the 
  1- 5  citizens of Fulton County and DeKalb County; and 
 
  1- 6  WHEREAS, the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority was created to 
  1- 7  promote the public health goals and to meet the public 
  1- 8  health needs of those two counties; and 
 
  1- 9  WHEREAS, the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority is a creature 
  1-10  of the General Assembly, having been authorized by general 
  1-11  law for the purpose of providing a mechanism for the 
  1-12  operation and maintenance of needed health care facilities 
  1-13  in Fulton County and DeKalb County; and 
 
  1-14  WHEREAS, the General Assembly finds, as a result of interim 
  1-15  study and evaluation, that it is incumbent upon the members 
  1-16  of this body to periodically review the efficiency and 
  1-17  effectiveness with which the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital 
  1-18  Authority is meeting its legislatively created purposes. 
 
  1-19  NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF 
  1-20  GEORGIA: 
 
  1-21                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1-22  There is created the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority 
  1-23  Overview Committee to be composed of the following nine 
  1-24  members: three members of the House of Representatives 
  1-25  appointed by the Speaker of the House, at least one of whom 
  1-26  shall be from the area served by the authority; three 
  1-27  members of the Senate, to be appointed by the President 
  1-28  thereof, at least one of whom shall be from the area served 
  1-29  by the authority; and three members of the General Assembly 
  1-30  appointed  by the Governor, at least one of whom shall be 
  1-31  from the area served by the authority.  The appointed 
  1-32  members of the committee shall serve two-year terms 
  1-33  concurrent with their terms as members of the General 
  1-34  Assembly.  The chairperson of the committee shall be 
  1-35  appointed by the President of the Senate from the membership 
  1-36  of the committee, and the vice chairperson of the committee 
 
 
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  2- 1  shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House from the 
  2- 2  membership of the committee.  The chairperson and vice 
  2- 3  chairperson shall serve terms of two years concurrent with 
  2- 4  their terms as members of the General Assembly.  Vacancies 
  2- 5  in an appointed member's position or in the offices of 
  2- 6  chairperson or vice chairperson of the committee shall be 
  2- 7  filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the 
  2- 8  original appointment.  The committee shall periodically 
  2- 9  inquire into and review the operations, budget contracts, 
  2-10  safety, financing, organization, and structure of the 
  2-11  Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority, as well as periodically 
  2-12  review and evaluate the success with which said authority is 
  2-13  accomplishing its legislatively created purposes. 
 
  2-14                           SECTION 2. 
 
  2-15  The state auditor and the Attorney General shall make 
  2-16  available to the committee the services of their staffs' 
  2-17  facilities in order to assist the committee in its discharge 
  2-18  of its duties herein set forth. Upon authorization by joint 
  2-19  resolution of the General Assembly, the committee shall have 
  2-20  the power while the General Assembly is in session or during 
  2-21  the interim between sessions to request the attendance of 
  2-22  witnesses and the production of documents in aid of its 
  2-23  duties. 
 
  2-24                           SECTION 3. 
 
  2-25  The Fulton-DeKalb Hospital Authority shall cooperate with 
  2-26  the committee, its authorized personnel, the Attorney 
  2-27  General, and the state auditor in order that the charges of 
  2-28  the committee, set forth in this resolution, may be timely 
  2-29  and efficiently discharged.  The authority shall submit to 
  2-30  the committee such reports and data as the committee shall 
  2-31  reasonably require of the authority in order that the 
  2-32  committee may adequately inform itself of the activities of 
  2-33  the authority required by this resolution. The Attorney 
  2-34  General is authorized to bring appropriate legal actions to 
  2-35  enforce any laws specifically or generally relating to the 
  2-36  authority.  The committee shall, on or before the first day 
  2-37  of January of each year, and at such other times as it deems 
  2-38  to be in the public interest, submit to the General Assembly 
  2-39  a report of its findings and recommendations based upon the 
  2-40  review of the operations of the Fulton-DeKalb Hospital 
  2-41  Authority, as set forth in this resolution. 
 
 
 
 
 
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  3- 1                           SECTION 4. 
 
  3- 2  In the discharge of its duties, the committee shall evaluate 
  3- 3  the performance of the authority in providing public health 
  3- 4  care services consistent with the following criteria: 
 
  3- 5      (1) Delivery of services; 
 
  3- 6      (2) Prudent, legal, and accountable expenditure of 
  3- 7      public funds; 
 
  3- 8      (3) Responsiveness to community needs and community 
  3- 9      desires; and 
 
  3-10      (4) Efficient operation. 
 
  3-11                           SECTION 5. 
 
  3-12  (a) The committee is authorized to expend state funds 
  3-13  available to the committee for the discharge of its duties. 
 
  3-14  (b) The members of the committee shall receive the same 
  3-15  compensation, per diem, expenses, and allowances for their 
  3-16  service on the committee as is authorized by law for members 
  3-17  of interim legislative study committees. 
 
  3-18  (c) The funds necessary for the purposes of this resolution 
  3-19  shall come from the funds appropriated to and available to 
  3-20  the legislative branch of government. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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