SF0058SS001/AC
Page 1-line 2 After "duties" insert "and composition".
Page 1-line 3 After "report" insert "and specifying reporting requirements".
Page 1-line 5 After "specified;" insert "reappropriating funds,".
Page 1-line 6 After "appropriation" insert "and clarifying authorized expenditures".
Page 1-line 11 Delete "(f)" insert "(c) by creating a new paragraph (ix) and renumbering paragraph (ix) as (x), (e)(ii), (f) and (g)".
Page 1-after line 13 Insert:
"(c) There is created the
Wyoming Health Insurance Exchange Steering Committee. The committee shall
consist of:
(ix) One (1) member who is an enrolled member of the Arapahoe Indian
tribe and one (1) member who is an enrolled member of the Shoshone Indian tribe, both residents on the
Wind River Indian Reservation;
(ix)
(x) At least five (5) members from
affected state agencies and the governor's office appointed by the governor.
The governor shall appoint two (2) co-chairmen for the steering committee.
(e)
The study shall:
(ii) If the recommendation is
that the state should proceed with the development of the an exchange,
provide a work plan for the development of the an exchange and identify any legislation needed to
implement the an exchange during the 2012 2013 legislative general
and budget session. or subsequent legislative sessions; If the
recommendation is that the state should proceed with the development of an
exchange, at least three (3) options shall be presented for consideration by
the joint labor, health and social services interim committee. One (1) option shall provide for an exchange
based on Wyoming data and minimal influence from the health care reform
acts. A second option shall provide for
an exchange based upon Wyoming data and compliance with those aspects of the
health care reform acts that fit the needs of Wyoming as the steering committee
recommends, identifying those aspects of the exchange which would meet
compliance with those acts. A third
option shall provide for complete compliance with the health care reform
acts. All three (3) plans shall identify
the known effects of compliance with those acts, including impacts on Wyoming
citizens extending beyond the direct provision of health care and health care
insurance. The steering committee shall apply the evaluations required by
paragraphs (iii), (iv) and (vi) through (viii) of this subsection to each
option. The steering committee may
recommend a phase-in of an option as it determines appropriate;”.
Page 2-line 5 Delete "October 1, 2012" insert "June 1, 2012. The report on June 1, 2012 may be a preliminary or final report of the steering committee. If a preliminary report, the joint labor, health and social services interim committee may provide comment on the preliminary report. If comment is provided, the steering committee shall address those comments in a final report to the interim committee not later than October 1, 2012.".
Page 2-after line 5 Insert:
"(g) The legislative
members of the committee shall receive salary and reimbursement for per diem
and travel expenses incurred in the performance of their duties on the committee as under
this act in the amounts provided in W.S. 28-5-101. There is appropriated ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) from
the general fund to the legislative service office for the salary, per diem and
travel for the legislative members of the steering committee. Any unexpended,
unobligated funds remaining from this appropriation shall revert as provided by
law on June 30, 2012. Legislative duties under this act include legislative
members' attendance at steering committee meetings or other travel by those
members as authorized by the steering committee cochairmen or management
council of the legislature for activities associated with service on the
steering committee.".
Page 2-line 18 Delete "ten thousand dollars".
Page 2-line 19 Delete "($10,000.00)" insert "funds remaining from the appropriation under 2011 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 195, section 1(g) and an additional twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000.00)". DOCKSTADER, ACTING CHAIRMAN