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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| HOUSE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY SCHRODER, BAKER, BOYD, CUTLER, GINGRICH, GROVE, HUTCHINSON, KILLION, MARSICO, METCALFE, MOUL, PICKETT, PYLE, REICHLEY, ROAE, SAYLOR, STERN, SWANGER, TALLMAN, TRUE, VULAKOVICH AND WATSON, DECEMBER 15, 2009 |
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| REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON INSURANCE, DECEMBER 15, 2009 |
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| A JOINT RESOLUTION |
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1 | Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth |
2 | of Pennsylvania, providing for health care services. |
3 | The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania |
4 | hereby resolves as follows: |
5 | Section 1. The following amendment to the Constitution of |
6 | Pennsylvania is proposed in accordance with Article XI: |
7 | That Article III be amended by adding a section to read: |
8 | § 33. Health care services. |
9 | The citizens of the Commonwealth shall be entitled to the |
10 | freedom of providing for their own health care. With the |
11 | exception of providing indemnity and medical benefits to injured |
12 | workers, no law or program shall be enacted requiring citizens |
13 | of this Commonwealth to participate in a health care system and |
14 | no law or program shall: |
15 | (1) prohibit a person from or penalize a person for |
16 | making direct payment to a health care provider for tendering |
17 | health care services; |
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1 | (2) prohibit or penalize the purchase of health care |
2 | insurance from a privately owned health care insurance |
3 | company; or |
4 | (3) penalize a person, employer or health care provider |
5 | for declining to participate in a health care system. |
6 | Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General |
7 | Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the |
8 | Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to |
9 | comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article |
10 | XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the |
11 | required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in |
12 | which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after |
13 | passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. |
14 | (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this |
15 | proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the |
16 | Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the |
17 | advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the |
18 | Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required |
19 | advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such |
20 | newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of |
21 | this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the |
22 | Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment |
23 | to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first |
24 | primary, general or municipal election which meets the |
25 | requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article |
26 | XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least |
27 | three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is |
28 | passed by the General Assembly. |
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