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Senate Amendment 5484

Amendment Text

PAG LIN
  1  1    Amend Senate File 2412 as follows:
  1  2    #1.  Page 3, by inserting after line 11 the
  1  3 following:
  1  4    "Sec.    .  HEALTH INSURANCE – STUDY.  The
  1  5 legislative council is requested to establish an
  1  6 interim study committee consisting of members of the
  1  7 general assembly of both political parties from
  1  8 throughout the state and other persons the council
  1  9 believes are knowledgeable concerning the health
  1 10 insurance industry.  The study shall include but is
  1 11 not limited to an examination of the effects of state
  1 12 mandates on health insurance carriers, employers, and
  1 13 the insured.  The committee shall review the effects
  1 14 of state mandates on rates, the delivery of services,
  1 15 the likelihood employers would continue to provide
  1 16 health care benefits, and the effects on competition
  1 17 within the health insurance industry.  The committee
  1 18 shall also compare the effects of state mandates on
  1 19 individual and group policies, and determine whether
  1 20 an employer could provide individual policies for
  1 21 employees.  The committee may consult with the
  1 22 commissioner of insurance and other persons with
  1 23 expertise or information relevant to the study of
  1 24 health insurance.  The committee is directed to submit
  1 25 its findings, together with any recommendations, in a
  1 26 report to the general assembly which convenes in
  1 27 January 2001."
  1 28    #2.  Title page, line 3, by inserting after the
  1 29 word "benefit" the following:  ", and establishing an
  1 30 interim study committee".
  1 31    #3.  By renumbering as necessary.  
  1 32 
  1 33 
  1 34                               
  1 35 STEVE KING
  1 36 SF 2412.703 78
  1 37 jm/cls
     

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