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.