MO SR27

Calls on Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster to file an independent lawsuit, join Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder's lawsuit, or join 20 other state attorneys general challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Cites legal challenges based on Commerce Clause violations, Tenth Amendment sovereignty concerns regarding unfunded Medicaid expansion mandates, direct tax violations from the insurance penalty, and Article 4, Section 4 violations regarding republican form of government.

Notes that 71% of Missouri voters supported Proposition C in 2010, which protects Missourians from penalties for refusing to purchase private health insurance.

States that at least 42 states are attempting to limit or oppose the federal legislation's provisions through state constitutional amendments or laws.

Instructs the Missouri Senate Secretary to deliver a copy of the resolution to Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster.