House Concurrent Resolution 9 - Introduced
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H.C.R. ________ S.C.R. ________
1 1 HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO.
1 2 BY SMITH and UPMEYER
1 3 A Concurrent Resolution relating to a legislative
1 4 health care coverage commission.
1 5 WHEREAS, if Senate File 389 is enacted by the
1 6 Eighty=third General Assembly, First Session, a
1 7 legislative health care coverage commission is created
1 8 under the authority of the legislative council to
1 9 develop an Iowa health care reform strategic plan; and
1 10 WHEREAS, if Senate File 389 is enacted, the
1 11 legislative health care coverage commission is
1 12 required to submit quarterly progress reports to the
1 13 legislative council, and yearly progress reports on
1 14 January 1, 2010, and on January 1, 2011, to the
1 15 general assembly, and to conclude its deliberations by
1 16 July 1, 2011, and submit a final report to the general
1 17 assembly by October 1, 2011, summarizing the
1 18 commission's activities, analyzing issues studied, and
1 19 setting forth options and recommendations for an Iowa
1 20 health care reform strategic plan that will ensure
1 21 that all Iowans have access to health care coverage
1 22 which meets minimum standards of quality and
1 23 affordability; and
1 24 WHEREAS, if Senate File 389 is enacted, the
1 25 legislative council is authorized to employ or
1 26 contract with a person or persons to assist the
1 27 commission in carrying out its duties and to gather
1 28 and coordinate information for the use of the
1 29 legislative health care coverage commission in its
1 30 deliberations concerning health reform initiatives,
2 1 and activities related to the medical home system
2 2 advisory council, the electronic health information
2 3 advisory council and executive committee, the
2 4 prevention and chronic care management advisory
2 5 council, the direct care worker task force, the health
2 6 and long=term care access technical advisory
2 7 committee, the clinicians advisory panel, the
2 8 long=term living initiatives of the department of
2 9 elder affairs, medical assistance and hawk=i program
2 10 expansions and initiatives, prevention and wellness
2 11 initiatives including but not limited to those
2 12 administered through the Iowa healthy communities
2 13 initiative pursuant to Code section 135.27 and through
2 14 the governor's council on physical fitness and
2 15 nutrition, health care transparency activities, and
2 16 other health care reform=related advisory bodies and
2 17 activities that provide direction and promote
2 18 collaborative efforts among health care providers
2 19 involved in the initiatives and activities; and
2 20 WHEREAS, the legislative council may act
2 21 independently to create a legislative health care
2 22 reform commission and to establish its duties; NOW
2 23 THEREFORE,
2 24 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, THE
2 25 SENATE CONCURRING, That if Senate File 389 is enacted
2 26 by the Eighty=third General Assembly, First Session,
2 27 or the legislative council otherwise so acts, the
2 28 legislative services agency is authorized and directed
2 29 to employ or contract with a person or persons,
2 30 subject to the approval of the legislative council, to
3 1 assist the legislative health care coverage commission
3 2 in carrying out its duties and to gather and
3 3 coordinate information for the use of the legislative
3 4 health care coverage commission in its deliberations;
3 5 and
3 6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That if Senate File 389 is
3 7 enacted, or the legislative council otherwise so acts,
3 8 the legislative services agency shall select a person
3 9 or persons to assist the commission, by considering
3 10 applicants who may be qualified by education and
3 11 experience with, including but not limited to:
3 12 1. A background in health care reform efforts.
3 13 2. Knowledge of federal and state public health
3 14 care coverage programs and private health insurance
3 15 coverage.
3 16 3. An ability to assist with methodologies to
3 17 provide health care coverage to Iowa's uninsured
3 18 population.
3 19 4. An understanding of diverse, including
3 20 minority, populations.
3 21 5. Experience in group facilitation.
3 22 6. Organizational, research, and
3 23 information=gathering skills.
3 24 7. Experience and skills in working in or with
3 25 public and private sector entities.
3 26 LSB 2735HH 83
3 27 av/rj/8