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A MOTION accepting the Health and Human Services Transformation Plan for an accountable and integrated system of health, human services and community-based prevention in King County in compliance with Motion 13768.
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WHEREAS, King County has an adopted strategic plan that includes the goal to provide opportunities for all communities and individuals to realize their full potential, and
WHEREAS, the King County adopted strategic plan identifies the "fair and just" principle to guide the county's work and services in order to achieve equitable opportunities for all people and communities, and
WHEREAS, despite the fact that King County has made progress in improving residents' health and well-being, significant and unacceptable disparities persist in relation to geography, race, ethnicity and other social factors, and
WHEREAS, the United States outspends every other industrialized nation on healthcare yet lags behind on health status, and
WHEREAS, social, behavioral and economic factors have a far greater impact on health and life expectancy then do health care services, and
WHEREAS, it is imperative to create and implement innovative health and human service models that integrate services, improve outcomes and control costs acknowledging that human services are health and health is human services, and
WHEREAS, on November 6, 2012, the council passed Motion 13768 requesting the executive, in collaboration with the departments of public health and community and human services and a community stakeholder panel informed by local and national expertise, to develop and submit a plan for council review and approval for an accountable and integrated system of health, human services, and community-based prevention in King County, and
WHEREAS, in January 2013, the executive convened a thirty-member community stakeholder panel, referred to in this motion as the health and human services transformation panel, that included representatives from th...

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