S.F. No. 0085

Health care reform-pilot project.

 

Sponsored By:        Senator(s) Scott, Fecht, Hastert and Landen and    Representative(s) Hallinan, Harvey, Iekel, Landon     and Millin

 

AN ACT relating to health insurance; providing for an experimental health care insurance reform pool; providing for a plan design committee; authorizing payment of committee members' expenses as specified; providing for design of a benefits package under the reform pool; providing for eligibility; providing definitions; providing for a report; providing for a repeal date; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

 

2/12/2008   Bill Number Assigned

2/13/2008   S Received for Introduction

2/14/2008   S Introduced and Referred to S10

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Anderson, J., Aullman, Bebout, Burns, Case, Cooper, Decaria, Fecht, Geis, Hastert, Hines, Jennings, Job, Johnson, Landen, Larson, Massie, Meier, Mockler, Nicholas, Perkins, Peterson, Ross, Schiffer, Scott, Sessions, Townsend, Vasey and Von Flatern

Nays:  Senator(s) Coe

Ayes 29    Nays 1    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/18/2008   S10 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Aullman, Fecht, Hastert, Landen and Scott

Ayes 5    Nays 0    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/18/2008   S Placed on General File

2/18/2008   S Rereferred to S02

2/20/2008   S02 Recommended Do Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Job, Meier, Nicholas, Peterson and Townsend

Ayes 5    Nays 0    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/20/2008   S Placed on General File

 

SF0085SS001/ADOPTED

Page 1-line 3           Delete "commission;" insert "committee; authorizing payment of committee members' expenses as specified;".

Page 3-line 21          After "team" insert ", or similar position as approved by the administration and benefit design committee,".

Page 5-line 15          After "governor." insert "Members of the committee other than state employees shall receive as salary the sum paid each day to legislators, or an equivalent hourly wage, together with per diem and mileage allowance as allowed to state employees, when actually engaged in committee activities.".

Page 14-line 5          After "appropriate." insert "The administrator shall consider the use of a control group to facilitate the evaluation of the program.".  SCOTT, CHAIRMAN

 

2/21/2008   S Passed CoW

2/22/2008   S Passed 2nd Reading

2/25/2008   S Passed 3rd Reading

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Anderson, J., Aullman, Bebout, Burns, Case, Coe, Cooper, Decaria, Fecht, Geis, Hastert, Hines, Jennings, Job, Johnson, Landen, Larson, Massie, Meier, Mockler, Nicholas, Perkins, Peterson, Ross, Schiffer, Scott, Sessions, Townsend, Vasey and Von Flatern

Ayes 30    Nays 0    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/26/2008   H Received for Introduction

2/26/2008   H Introduced and Referred to H10

3/4/2008    Motion to Do Pass Failed

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Esquibel, K., Harvey, Iekel and Millin

Nays:  Representative(s) Hales, Hallinan, Landon and Steward

Excused:  Representative(s) Lubnau

Ayes 4    Nays 4    Excused 1    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

3/4/2008    H Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 4-3(c)