09
Senate
Resolution 664
By:
Senators Thomas of the 54th, Hawkins of the 49th, Unterman of the 45th and
Goggans of the 7th
ADOPTED
SENATE
A
RESOLUTION
Acknowledging
the importance of a comprehensive approach to providing patient centered care
and creating the Senate Study Committee on the Patient Centered Medical Home;
and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
medical homes will provide patient centered care that is accessible, continuous,
and coordinated with a focus on maintaining a healthy lifestyle for patients
with preventive and ongoing health services; and
WHEREAS,
the primary care provided at medical homes would be respectful of, and
responsive to, individual patient preferences, needs, and values;
and
WHEREAS,
physicians practicing in medical homes would target eligible individuals for
program participation and be responsible for providing safe and secure
technology to promote patient access to personal health information, developing
a health assessment tool for the targeted individuals, and providing training
for personnel involved in the coordination of care; and
WHEREAS,
personal physicians in medical homes would be eligible for case management fees
and incentive payments for providing "medical home" services; and
WHEREAS,
personal physicians who provide first contact and continuous care for their
patients shall be board certified and must have a staff and the resources to
manage the comprehensive and coordinated care of each of their patients;
and
WHEREAS,
participating physicians may be specialists or subspecialists for patients
requiring ongoing care for specific conditions, multiple chronic conditions, or
for those with a prolonged illness; and
WHEREAS,
personal physicians would be responsible for providing ongoing support,
oversight, and guidance to implement an integrated, coherent, cross-discipline
plan of care developed in partnership with patients and any of their other
medical providers; and
WHEREAS,
physicians in medical homes would be required to use evidence based medicine and
clinical decision support tools to guide their decision making to
patient-specific symptoms; and
WHEREAS,
the use of health information technology would be required of physicians in
medical homes, and patients would be encouraged to engage in management of their
own health through education and support systems; and
WHEREAS,
the evaluation of the patient centered medical home would be based on patient
satisfaction, provider satisfaction, clinical process and outcome measures,
program costs and savings, and economic impact on health care providers;
and
WHEREAS,
evaluation would be on the extent to which the medical home coordinated health
care services, provided safe and high-quality care, encouraged long-term patient
and provider relationships, engaged and educated consumers, and encouraged
innovation in payment methodologies.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE that there is created the Senate Study
Committee on the Patient Centered Medical Home to be composed of seven members
to be appointed by the President of the Senate. Three shall be members of the
Senate and four shall be members of the public who shall include one member of
the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians, one member from the Georgia Chapter of
the American Academy of Pediatrics, one member from the Georgia Chapter of the
American College of Physicians, and one member from the Georgia Osteopathic
Medical Association. The President of the Senate shall designate the
Chairperson of the Senate Health and Human Services 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
the availability and affordability of orally administered and intravenously and
injected medications used to treat cancer 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 five days unless additional days are authorized. The
funds necessary to carry out the provisions of this resolution shall come from
the funds appropriated to the Senate. 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 31, 2009. The committee
shall stand abolished on December 31, 2009.