HI HR92

Supports collaborative care model for psychiatric services, which allows patients to receive psychiatric care from remote psychiatrists through consultation with care managers in primary care practices

Recognizes data showing collaborative care generates approximately $6 return for every dollar spent and potential nationwide savings of $24-48 billion annually through reduced emergency room visits and hospital admissions

Notes that Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services began paying for collaborative care services for Medicare patients on January 2, 2017, and 2017 Hawaii legislation required Medicaid to cover collaborative care at the same rates as Medicare

Supports Med-QUEST's Hawaii Ohana Nui Project Expansion program to integrate physical and behavioral health services and implement collaborative care model payments to primary care providers

Directs transmission of certified copies of the resolution to the Hawaii Psychiatric Medical Association, Queen's Health Systems, and Med-QUEST Division of the Department of Human Services