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| THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA |
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| SENATE BILL |
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| INTRODUCED BY SCARNATI, FOLMER, WARD, EARLL, ROBBINS, ERICKSON, PICCOLA, ARGALL, D. WHITE, VOGEL, YAW, ALLOWAY, ORIE, BRUBAKER, EICHELBERGER, MENSCH, WAUGH, BAKER AND SMUCKER, JANUARY 21, 2011 |
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| REFERRED TO BANKING AND INSURANCE, JANUARY 21, 2011 |
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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 | A person shall be entitled to the freedom of providing for |
10 | the person's own health care. With the exception of providing |
11 | indemnity and medical benefits to injured workers, no law shall |
12 | be enacted: |
13 | (1) requiring a person to obtain or maintain health |
14 | insurance coverage, except as required by a court where the |
15 | person is named as a party in a judicial proceeding; |
16 | (2) prohibiting a person from or penalizing a person for |
17 | making direct payment to a health care provider for tendering |
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1 | health care services; or |
2 | (3) rendering a person liable for any penalty, tax, |
3 | assessment, fee or fine as a result of the person's failure |
4 | to obtain or maintain health insurance coverage. |
5 | Section 2. (a) Upon the first passage by the General |
6 | Assembly of this proposed constitutional amendment, the |
7 | Secretary of the Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to |
8 | comply with the advertising requirements of section 1 of Article |
9 | XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the |
10 | required advertisements to two newspapers in every county in |
11 | which such newspapers are published in sufficient time after |
12 | passage of this proposed constitutional amendment. |
13 | (b) Upon the second passage by the General Assembly of this |
14 | proposed constitutional amendment, the Secretary of the |
15 | Commonwealth shall proceed immediately to comply with the |
16 | advertising requirements of section 1 of Article XI of the |
17 | Constitution of Pennsylvania and shall transmit the required |
18 | advertisements to two newspapers in every county in which such |
19 | newspapers are published in sufficient time after passage of |
20 | this proposed constitutional amendment. The Secretary of the |
21 | Commonwealth shall submit this proposed constitutional amendment |
22 | to the qualified electors of this Commonwealth at the first |
23 | primary, general or municipal election which meets the |
24 | requirements of and is in conformance with section 1 of Article |
25 | XI of the Constitution of Pennsylvania and which occurs at least |
26 | three months after the proposed constitutional amendment is |
27 | passed by the General Assembly. |
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