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AZ SB1032
Bill
Status
2/16/2012
Primary Sponsor
Nancy Barto
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AI Summary
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Authorizes Arizona's governor to enter into an interstate health care compact with other states to return regulatory authority over health care from federal to state governments.
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Allows member states to suspend federal health care laws, rules, and regulations that conflict with state-adopted laws under the compact.
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Establishes a mandatory federal funding formula providing each member state annual federal monies equal to its "member state current year funding level" (based on 2010 federal health care spending adjusted for population and inflation), set at approximately $16.3 billion for Arizona.
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Creates an Interstate Advisory Health Care Commission with representatives from each member state to study health care regulation issues, make nonbinding recommendations, and share data and information about state health care programs and costs.
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Requires congressional consent for the compact to become effective once adopted by at least two member states, with fundamental purposes being state regulatory authority over health care and federal funding for participating states.
Legislative Description
Health care compact; funding
Last Action
Transmit to House
2/16/2012