Establishment of Office of Health Strategy and Coordination; Powers and Duties

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  1. There is established within the office of the Governor the Office of Health Strategy and Coordination. The objective of the office shall be to strengthen and support the health care infrastructure of the state through interconnecting health functions and sharing resources across multiple state agencies and overcoming barriers to the coordination of health functions. To this end, all affected state agencies shall cooperate with the office in its efforts to meet such objective. This shall not be construed to authorize the office to perform any function currently performed by an affected state agency.
  2. The office shall have the following powers and duties:
    1. Bring together experts from academic institutions and industries as well as state elected and appointed leaders to provide a forum to share information, coordinate the major functions of the state's health care system, and develop innovative approaches for lowering costs while improving access to quality care;
    2. Serve as a forum for identifying Georgia's specific health issues of greatest concern and promote cooperation from both public and private agencies to test new and innovative ideas;
    3. Evaluate the effectiveness of previously enacted and ongoing health programs and determine how best to achieve the goals of promoting innovation, competition, cost reduction, and access to care, and improving Georgia's health care system, attracting new providers, and expanding access to services by existing providers;
    4. Facilitate collaboration and coordination between state agencies, including but not limited to the Department of Public Health, the Department of Community Health, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Economic Development, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Education;
    5. Evaluate prescription costs and make recommendations to public employee insurance programs, departments, and governmental entities for prescription formulary design and cost reduction strategies;
    6. Maximize the effectiveness of existing resources, expertise, and opportunities for improvement;
    7. Review existing State Health Benefit Plan contracts, Medicaid care management organization contracts, and other contracts entered into by the state for health related services, evaluate proposed revisions to the State Health Benefit Plan, and make recommendations to the Department of Community Health prior to renewing or entering into new contracts;
    8. Coordinate state health care functions and programs and identify opportunities to maximize federal funds for health care programs;
    9. Oversee collaborative health efforts to ensure efficient use of funds secured at the federal, state, regional, and local levels;
    10. Evaluate community proposals that identify local needs and formulate local or regional solutions that address state, local, or regional health care gaps;
    11. Monitor established agency pilot programs for effectiveness;
    12. Identify nationally recognized effective evidence based strategies;
    13. Propose cost reduction measures;
    14. Provide a platform for data distribution compiled by the boards, commissions, committees, councils, and offices listed in Code Section 31-53-7; and
    15. Assess the health metrics of the state and recommend models for improvement which may include healthy behavior and social determinant models.

(Code 1981, §31-53-3, enacted by Ga. L. 2019, p. 148, § 2-2/HB 186.)


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