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1 1 Amend Senate File 2389 as follows:
1 2 #1. Page 2, by inserting after line 7 the
1 3 following:
1 4 "Sec. 101. EFFECTIVE DATE – STUDY – CONDITIONAL
1 5 REPEAL.
1 6 1. Section 1 of this Act is effective July 1,
1 7 1997, unless the commissioner of insurance determines
1 8 through an independent study that the requirements of
1 9 this Act will affect less than fifteen percent of the
1 10 Iowa population who have health care coverage pursuant
1 11 to all managed care plans, indemnity plans, organized
1 12 delivery systems, self-insured plans, Medicare,
1 13 medicaid, and any other types of health care coverage
1 14 that may be available, or if the commissioner
1 15 determines that as a result of this Act the persons or
1 16 business entities affected by it will suffer increased
1 17 health care coverage costs.
1 18 2. The commissioner of insurance shall conduct an
1 19 independent study of health care coverage in this
1 20 state for the purpose of making a determination under
1 21 subsection 1. The commissioner of insurance shall
1 22 contract with at least two independent actuarial firms
1 23 or consulting organizations capable of conducting this
1 24 study required. The study shall be completed no later
1 25 than June 1, 1997, and the results of the study shall
1 26 be certified by the commissioner of insurance to the
1 27 governor and the secretary of state no later than June
1 28 15, 1997.
1 29 3. If the commissioner determines as a result of
1 30 this study that less than fifteen percent of Iowa's
1 31 population who have health care coverage are affected
1 32 by this Act, section 1 of this Act is repealed
1 33 effective July 1, 1997. If the commissioner
1 34 determines as a result of this study that businesses
1 35 or individuals affected by section 1 of this Act will
1 36 be subject to increased health care coverage costs as
1 37 a result of this Act, section 1 of this Act is
1 38 repealed effective July 1, 1997.
1 39 Sec. 102. There is appropriated from the general
1 40 fund of the state to the division of insurance of the
1 41 department of commerce for the fiscal period beginning
1 42 on the effective date of section 101 and this section
1 43 of this Act, and ending June 30, 1997, the following
1 44 amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, for the
1 45 purpose of conducting the study required by section
1 46 101 of this Act:
1 47 .................................................. $ 300,000
1 48 Sec. . Sections 101 and 102 of this Act, being
1 49 deemed of immediate importance, take effect upon
1 50 enactment."
2 1 #2. Title page, line 3, by inserting after the
2 2 word "physicians" the following: ", making an
2 3 appropriation, providing an effective date, and
2 4 providing for a conditional repeal".
2 5 #3. By renumbering as necessary.
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2 9 O. GENE MADDOX
2 10 SF 2389.702 76
2 11 mj/sc
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