House Amendment 8073


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     1  1    Amend Senate File 2088, as amended, passed, and
     1  2 reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 250, after line 19 by inserting:
     1  4                          <DIVISION ___
     1  5                    UNFUNDED FEDERAL MANDATES
     1  6    Sec. ___.  FEDERAL HEALTH CARE REFORMS == UNFUNDED
     1  7 FEDERAL MANDATES == OPT=OUT.  If on or after the
     1  8 effective date of this division of this Act, the
     1  9 United States Congress enacts or otherwise imposes
     1 10 requirements that obligate the state to engage in any
     1 11 new activity, to provide any new service, or to provide
     1 12 any service beyond that required by any law enacted or
     1 13 requirement otherwise imposed prior to the effective
     1 14 date of this division of this Act related to health
     1 15 care reform, and the United States Congress allows a
     1 16 state to opt out of any of the requirements enacted
     1 17 or otherwise imposed, it is the intent of the general
     1 18 assembly that the state shall exercise its right to opt
     1 19 out of all of the requirements for which that option is
     1 20 available and for which the United States Congress does
     1 21 not appropriate moneys to fully fund the cost of the
     1 22 requirement enacted or imposed.>


                                        
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          SF2088.847 (2) 83
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