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HB270 Alabama 2014 Session

Updated Jan 11, 2026
HB270 Alabama 2014 Session
House Bill
Expired
Current Status
Regular Session 2014
Session
17
Sponsors

Summary

Primary Sponsor
Darrio Melton
Democrat
Session
Regular Session 2014
Title
Medicaid, require Governor to accept Medicaid expansion, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, const. amend.
Description

Under existing law the Governor has the authority to decide whether the State of Alabama shall participate in the expansion of Medicaid as provided by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

This bill would propose an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, to allow the voters of this state to determine whether the State of Alabama shall participate in the expansion of Medicaid as provided by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; and the Governor, within 30 days after the ratification of this amendment, shall enroll the State of Alabama in the Medicaid expansion as provided by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Subjects
Constitutional Amendments

Bill Actions

H

Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means General Fund

Bill Text

Documents

Source: Alabama Legislature