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THIRD READING
Bill No: ACR 152
Author: Pan (D), et al.
Amended: 7/3/14 in Assembly
Vote: 21
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Read and adopted, 7/3/14
SUBJECT : Patient-centered medical homes
SOURCE : California Academy of Physicians
DIGEST : This resolution states that the Legislature supports
and encourages the development and expansion of a California
health care delivery system that identifies patient-centered
medical homes and is based upon certain principles of
coordination of patient care.
ANALYSIS : This resolution makes the following legislative
findings:
1.Patients frequently confront health care providers working in
independent silos that impede care coordination and cause
patients with multiple health issues to fall through the
cracks.
2.The lack of coordination of patient care, and the lack of
communication between patients and health care providers
regarding the coordination of patient care, increases
inefficiency and the chance of medical errors, waste, and the
duplication of costly services.
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3.The "patient-centered medical home" is a health care delivery
system model in which health care providers work in
partnership with one another, their patients, and their
patients' families to coordinate care, navigate the complex
and often confusing health care system, and ensure that
patients receive the right care at the right time.
4.Several other states have obtained substantial federal funding
for implementation of medical home demonstration projects.
5.Having a definition for "patient-centered medical home" in
California would send an important signal to health care
providers and patients that our state supports care that is
patient-centered, cost efficient, continuous, focused on
prevention, and based on sound, evidence-based medicine rather
than episodic, illness-oriented siloed care.
6.That "patient-centered medical home" and "medical home" means
a health care delivery model in which a patient establishes an
ongoing relationship with a personal primary care physician or
other personal licensed health care provider working in a
physician-led practice team to provide comprehensive,
accessible and continuous evidence-based primary and
preventive care, and to coordinate the patient's health care
needs across the health care system in order to improve
quality and health outcomes in a cost-effective manner.
This resolution supports and encourages the further development
and expansion of a California health care delivery system that
identifies a patient-centered medical home model and is based on
the principles of coordination of patient care.
FISCAL EFFECT : Fiscal Com.: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/6/14)
California Academy of Physicians (source)
American Academy of Pediatrics
JL:nl 8/6/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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