H.B. No. 0039

Health litigation fund.

 

Sponsored By:     Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee

 

AN ACT relating to the administration of government and national health care reform; providing for a fund to litigate issues relating to federal health care enactments and their implementation; specifying uses of the fund; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

 

12/20/2010          Bill Number Assigned

1/11/2011      H Received for Introduction

1/11/2011      H Introduced and Referred to H10

1/25/2011      H10 Recommended Do Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Gay, Greene, Harvey, Hunt, Miller and Peasley

Nays:  Representative(s) Barbuto, Craft and Gingery

Ayes 6    Nays 3    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

1/25/2011      H Placed on General File

1/25/2011      H Rereferred to H02

1/27/2011      H02 Recommended Amend and Do Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Berger, Edmonds, Esquibel, K., Harshman, Pedersen, Steward and Wallis

Ayes 7    Nays 0    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

1/27/2011      H Placed on General File

 

HB0039HS001/ADOPTED

Page 5-line 13          Delete "two million" insert "five hundred thousand".

Page 5-line 14          Delete "($2,000,000.00)" insert "($500,000.00)".  BERGER, CHAIRMAN

 

2/3/2011       H Passed CoW

 

HB0039H2001/FAILED

Page 2-lines 5 and 6    Delete entirely and insert:

"(b)  Funds in the account shall be used for litigation costs directly incurred in litigation authorized under this section.".

Page 3-lines 5 through 9      Delete entirely and renumber as necessary.  THRONE

 

HB0039H2002/FAILED

Delete the standing committee amendment (HB0039HS001/A) entirely and further amend as follows:

Page 5-line 13          Delete "two million dollars".

Page 5-line 14          Delete "(2,000,000.00)" insert "two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000.00)".  THRONE

 

2/4/2011       H Passed 2nd Reading

2/7/2011       H Passed 3rd Reading

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Representative(s) Berger, Blikre, Bonner, Botten, Brechtel, Brown, Buchanan, Burkhart, Campbell, Cannady, Childers, Davison, Edmonds, Eklund, Gay, Gingery, Greear, Greene, Harshman, Harvey, Hunt, Illoway, Jaggi, Kasperik, Kroeker, Krone, Lockhart, Loucks, Lubnau, Madden, McKim, McOmie, Miller, Moniz, Nicholas, B., Patton, Peasley, Pederson, Petersen, Petroff, Quarberg, Roscoe, Semlek, Steward, Stubson, Teeters, Vranish, Wallis, Zwonitzer, Dn. and Zwonitzer, Dv.

Nays:  Representative(s) Barbuto, Blake, Byrd, Connolly, Craft, Esquibel, K., Freeman, Goggles and Throne

Excused:  Representative(s) Shepperson

Ayes 50    Nays 9    Excused 1    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/8/2011       S Received for Introduction

2/8/2011       S Introduced and Referred to S10

2/11/2011      S10 Recommended Do Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Dockstader, Nutting and Scott

Nays:  Senator(s) Martin and Schiffer

Ayes 3    Nays 2    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/11/2011      S Placed on General File

2/11/2011      S Rereferred to S02

2/16/2011      S02 Recommended Do Not Pass

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Hastert, Nicholas, P. and Von Flatern

Nays:  Senator(s) Meier and Peterson

Ayes 3    Nays 2    Excused 0    Absent 0    Conflicts 0

 

2/16/2011      S Placed on General File

2/22/2011      S Failed CoW; Indef Postponed

 

ROLL CALL

Ayes:  Senator(s) Case, Dockstader, Hicks, Jennings, Landen, Meier, Nutting, Peterson, Ross and Scott

Nays:  Senator(s) Anderson, Barnard, Bebout, Burns, Christensen, Coe, Cooper, Driskill, Esquibel, F., Geis, Hastert, Hines, Johnson, Martin, Nicholas, P., Perkins, Rothfuss, Schiffer and Von Flatern

Excused:  Senator(s) Emerich

Ayes 10    Nays 19    Excused 1    Absent 0    Conflicts 0