Bill No.: SF0058                  Drafter:  JWL

LSO No.:  12LSO-0151              Effective Date:  March 9,2012

Enrolled Act No.:  SEA0042

Chapter No.:       CH0061

Prime Sponsor:     Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee

Catch Title:       Health insurance exchange study.

Subject: Study of Wyoming's implementation of a health insurance exchange.

Summary/Major Elements:

This act:

· Amends 2011 Wyoming Laws Chap. 195, which created the Wyoming Health Insurance Exchange Steering Committee;

· Adds one person from the Arapahoe Indian Tribe and one person from the Shoshone Indian Tribe to the committee;

· Directs the Committee, if it recommends a health care exchange, to identify plans that minimally, partially or completely comply with the Affordable Care Act;

· Prohibits any person or agency from committing the state to implement a health care exchange before April 1, 2013;

· Prohibits the state from applying for a grant from the federal government to establish a health insurance exchange until after the United States supreme court rules in the multi-state case challenging the federal health care reform laws.

Comment:

-    Requires reports to the Joint Labor Committee by June 1, 2012 and October 1, 2012.

-    Appropriates the remainder of funds from the 2011 bill and $25,000 GF for legislators' expenses in serving on the committee.