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AMENDMENTS TO HOUSE BILL NO. 1354
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE FRANKEL
Printer's No. 2151
Amend Bill, page 30, by inserting between lines 8 and 9
"Affordable Care Act." The Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act (Public Law 111-148, 124 Stat. 119).
Amend Bill, page 36, by inserting between lines 21 and 22
(15) Immediately following the confirmation of the first
director and the hiring or transfer of employees as needed to
perform the duties of the Office of Independent Medical
Assistance, studying the effects of a potential full or
partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act and the elimination
of its Medicaid expansion on this Commonwealth as follows:
(i) Within 60 days of the confirmation of the first
director, the Office of Independent Medical Assistance
shall issue a report, which shall include, but not be
limited to:
(A) An assessment of the current and potential
effects of health care coverage loss associated with
full or partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act on
the residents, public health and economy of this
Commonwealth, including what impact repeal would have
on individuals accessing drug treatment programs.
(B) An estimate of the possible financial costs
and other adverse effects to this Commonwealth, its
residents and health care providers associated with
full or partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
(C) An examination of measures that might
prevent or mitigate the effects of full or partial
repeal of the Affordable Care Act and health care
coverage losses on the residents, public health and
economy of this Commonwealth.
(D) Recommendations for laws and regulations
that may be warranted to minimize adverse impacts of
full or partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act,
and recommendations that assist residents in
obtaining and maintaining affordable health care
coverage moving forward.
(E) An analysis of pending alternative health
care policies under consideration by the Congress of
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the United States and how the policies compare to the
Affordable Care Act.
(ii) A copy of the report shall be submitted to the
Governor, the General Assembly and the Congressional
delegation from this Commonwealth.
(iii) The finished report shall be a public record
under the act of February 14, 2008 (P.L.6, No.3), known
as the Right-to-Know Law.
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