SENATE FLOOR AMENDMENT
FLOOR AMENDMENT NO. Date
SECTION 1. S.C.R. No. 212, S.D. 1, is amended by amending its title to read as follows:
"REQUESTING THE DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL TO CONVENE A TEMPORARY TASK FORCE TO EXAMINE STRATEGIES, OTHER THAN THOSE HAVING TO DO WITH MEDICAL MALPRACTICE LIABILITY AND INSURANCE PREMIUMS, THAT MAY PREVENT THE EXODUS OF PHYSICIANS FROM THE STATE."
SECTION 2. S.C.R. No. 212, S.D. 1, is amended by amending page 2, line 10 to page 3, line 26, to read as follows:
"BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the Twenty-fourth Legislature of the State of Hawaii, Regular Session of 2007, the House of Representatives concurring, that the Director of Health and the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Workforce Development Council are requested to convene a temporary task force to examine strategies, other than those having to do with medical malpractice liability and insurance premiums, that may prevent the exodus of physicians from the State; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Health and the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Workforce Development Council are requested to include on the temporary task force:
(1) The Insurance Commissioner;
(2) The Director of Human Services;
(3) Physicians;
(4) A representative from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs' licensing division;
(5) A representative of the health insurance industry;
(6) A representative of mutual benefit societies;
(7) A representative of health maintenance organizations;
(8) A representative of consumer attorneys;
(9) A representative of the Hawaii Medical Association;
(10) A representative of the general public; and
(11) Any other members the Director of Health and the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Workforce Development Council deem advisable; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Health and the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Workforce Development Council are requested to convene the task force no later than October 1, 2007, and to terminate the task force on September 30, 2008; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Director of Health and the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Workforce Development Council are requested to submit findings and recommendations, including any necessary proposed legislation, to the Legislature no later than twenty days prior to the convening of the Regular Session of 2008; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Directors of Health and Labor and Industrial Relations who, in turn, is requested to notify physicians and representatives of the health insurance industry, mutual benefit societies, and health maintenance organizations, and to the Director of Human Services, the Consumer Lawyers of Hawaii, the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Workforce Development Council, and the Insurance Commissioner."
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