SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 34
(By Senators Helmick, Kessler, Chafin, Craigo,
Dittmar, Fanning, Minard, Prezioso, Sharpe, Snyder,
Wooton, Deem and Sprouse )
Requesting the Joint Committee on Government and Finance to conduct
an interim committee study of managed care in West Virginia.
Whereas, During the 1997 Regular Session, the Legislature
directed the Health Care Authority to study managed care in West
Virginia; and
Whereas, Pursuant to the request of the Legislature, the
Health Care Authority conducted a study of managed care in West
Virginia and submitted a report to the Legislature in October,
1998. The Health Care Authority assigned objectives to a
subcommittee on managed care. The report makes specific
recommendations regarding the matters relating to the objectives of
the subcommittee; and
Whereas, The Legislature now needs to examine the report
submitted by the Health Care Authority regarding the objectives set
forth in the report and to consider the recommendations made by the
report; and
Whereas, Additional studies should be made regarding the
impact of managed care on rural health, particularly in the areas of the uninsured, and the funding sources available for the care of
the indigent, as well as the impact on consumers and their ability
or inability to pay. Models of managed care that have been
implemented in other states should also be reviewed; and
Whereas, It is the responsibility of the Legislature to
provide our citizens with the best affordable managed care that we
can provide; and
Whereas, Since the Legislature required the Health Care
Authority to conduct a study of managed care in West Virginia, the
report submitted should be examined and reviewed; and
Whereas, The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the
House of Delegates, by virtue of their positions as cochairs,
should appoint an equal number of members who serve on the
respective Banking and Insurance and Health and Human Resources
committees of the Senate and House of Delegates, to study the report
and recommendations, along with the issues contained in this
resolution regarding managed care; therefore, be it
Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Joint Committee on Government and Finance is hereby
requested to review, examine and study, during the interim of the Legislature, the report of the West Virginia Health Care Authority
which was submitted to the Legislature in October, 1998 regarding
managed care in West Virginia; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the Joint Committee on Government and
Finance make a report ofn its findings, conclusions and recommendations,
together with a drafts of any legislation necessary to effectuate the
recommendations to the Legislature at the beginning of the 2000 Regular Session; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the expenses necessary to conduct this
study, to prepare a report and to draft necessary legislation be
paid from the legislative appropriations to the Joint Committee on
Government and Finance.
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