07 HR
721/RCSFA
House
Resolution 721 (RULES COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE) (AM)
By:
Representatives Cooper of the
41st,
Tumlin of the
38th,
Abrams of the
84th,
Royal of the
171st,
and Peake of the
137th
A
RESOLUTION
Creating
the House Study Committee to incentivize indigent health care by physicians; and
for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
physicians have an obligation to treat all patients in need of care;
and
WHEREAS,
the number of Georgia´s uninsured citizens continues to grow, and payments
for physician services provided to medicare and Medicaid patients do not cover
the cost of treating those patients; and
WHEREAS,
Georgia physicians have lost money in providing patient care because of the
increased amount of uncompensated care costs; and
WHEREAS,
the state should conduct a thorough review of the reimbursement inequities which
exist in the provision of indigent health care in order to best determine the
methodologies which will provide maximum incentives for physicians to ensure
quality health care for indigent patients.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that there is created
the House Study Committee to incentivize indigent health care by physicians to
be composed of six members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by
the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The Speaker shall designate a
member of the committee as chairperson of the committee. The chairperson shall
call all meetings of the committee.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the committee shall undertake a study of the
conditions, needs, issues, and problems mentioned above or related thereto and
recommend any action or legislation which the committee deems necessary or
appropriate. The committee may conduct such meetings at such places and at such
times as it may deem necessary or convenient to enable it to exercise fully and
effectively its powers, perform its duties, and accomplish the objectives and
purposes of this resolution. The members of the committee shall receive the
allowances provided for in Code Section 28-1-8 of the Official Code of Georgia
Annotated. The allowances authorized by this resolution shall not be received
by any member of the committee for more than three days unless two additional
days are authorized by the Speaker. The funds necessary to carry out the
provisions of this resolution shall come from the funds appropriated to the
House of Representatives. In the event the committee makes a report of its
findings and recommendations, with suggestions for proposed legislation, if any,
such report shall be made on or before December 1, 2007. The committee shall
stand abolished on December 1, 2007.