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MO SB367
Bill
Status
2/28/2011
Primary Sponsor
Brian Nieves
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AI Summary
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Establishes the Health Care Compact as law in Missouri, effective upon adoption by at least two states and Congressional consent, allowing member states to regulate health care independently within their borders.
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Permits member states to suspend federal health care laws, rules, and regulations that conflict with state-adopted policies under the Compact, with suspended states responsible for associated funding obligations.
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Guarantees each member state annual federal funding equal to its Member State Current Year Funding Level, calculated based on 2010 baseline federal health care spending adjusted for population changes and inflation, funded as mandatory Congressional spending without conditions.
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Creates the Interstate Advisory Health Care Commission with members appointed by each state (up to two per state) to study health care issues, make nonbinding recommendations, and collect health care data and pricing information, requiring unanimous consent to enact binding rules subject to 30-day legislative review.
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Allows member states to withdraw from the Compact with six months' notice and remaining liability for prior obligations; the Compact dissolves if all but one state withdraws.
Legislative Description
Enacts the interstate Health Care Compact in which member states pledge to improve health care policy by returning the authority to regulate health care to the states
Last Action
Second Read and Referred S Health, Mental Health, Seniors and Families Committee
3/3/2011