House Bill 9049

    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HR 9049

        By Representative Bainter






  1                         House Resolution

  2         A resolution commending the health maintenance

  3         organization industry and designating March 25,

  4         1999, as "Florida HMO Day."

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  6         WHEREAS, health maintenance organizations are dedicated

  7  to providing Floridians with ready access to preventive care

  8  services, thus promoting better health and well-being among

  9  Florida residents, and

10         WHEREAS, health maintenance organizations have made

11  health coverage more affordable for workers and their

12  families, allowing more Floridians to become insured, and

13         WHEREAS, an overwhelming majority of health maintenance

14  organizations cover primary care visits without deductibles or

15  coinsurance, thereby encouraging their subscribers to seek

16  preventive care earlier and avail themselves of the services

17  of their physicians whenever they think it necessary, and

18         WHEREAS, according to a study of cancer screening among

19  women conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and

20  Prevention, women enrolled in health maintenance organizations

21  are more likely to obtain preventive health care screenings,

22  including pap smears, gynecological exams, and mammograms,

23  than women in fee-for-service plans, and

24         WHEREAS, a study in the American Journal of Public

25  Health shows that health maintenance organization members with

26  breast cancer, cervical cancer, and other types of cancer were

27  diagnosed at significantly earlier stages than fee-for-service

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29         WHEREAS, Florida health maintenance organizations have

30  taken an active role in preventing, identifying, and managing

31  osteoporosis, and

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    Florida House of Representatives - 1999                HR 9049

    143-248A-99






  1         WHEREAS, through programs developed by Florida health

  2  maintenance organizations, babies in Florida are being born

  3  healthier, with less premature infants being born to high-risk

  4  mothers and fewer neonatal intensive stays for infants, and

  5         WHEREAS, the health and well-being of the residents of

  6  Florida is of vital concern to the members of this body, NOW,

  7  THEREFORE,

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  9  Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of

10  Florida:

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12         That the House of Representatives hereby commends the

13  health maintenance organization industry in Florida for its

14  contributions to the health of the residents of the state and

15  designates March 25, 1999, as "Florida HMO Day."

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