HB60 Alabama 2011 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Gregory Canfield

Republican

Co-Sponsors

Dan WilliamsBarry MooreEd HenryMike HubbardWes LongRichard BaughnBecky NordgrenMac ButtramDonnie ChesteenJohn MerrillKen JohnsonWilliam RobertsTerri CollinsVictor GastonJack WilliamsJim McClendonDuwayne BridgesHoward SanderfordPhil WilliamsGreg WrenBlaine GalliherAllen TreadawayRon JohnsonKerry RichJim Patterson

Session

Regular Session 2011

Title

Health care, persons, employers, or health care providers, mandatory participation in any health care system prohibited, const. amend.

Summary

HB60 would amend the Alabama Constitution to prohibit mandatory participation in any health care system and protect direct-pay and private health insurance options.

What This Bill Does

If enacted, it would stop laws from forcing people, employers, or health care providers to join a health care system. It would allow individuals or employers to pay directly for health care services without penalties, and permit health care providers to accept direct payments from them without penalties. It also would protect the private purchase or sale of health insurance, ensuring such options are not illegal.

Who It Affects

• Individuals who prefer to pay directly for health care services, rather than participate in a health care system, and would be protected from penalties.
• Employers who pay for their employees' health care services directly and would not face penalties for doing so.
• Health care providers who may accept direct payments from patients or employers without penalties.
• Private health insurers and operators of private health care systems, whose activities would not be prohibited and would remain an option.

Key Provisions

• Prohibits any law or rule that compels a person, employer, or health care provider to participate in any health care system.
• Allows direct payment for health care services by individuals or employers and prohibits penalties for such direct payments.
• Permits health care providers to accept direct payment from individuals or employers and prohibits penalties for doing so.
• States that the purchase or sale of health insurance in private health care systems shall not be prohibited by law or rule.
• Requires the proposed constitutional amendment to be approved by a majority of qualified electors in a statewide election.

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Subjects

Constitutional Amendments