Archives: Human Services / Model Policies

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    Family Stability Act

    Family Stability Act The Department shall place a child in the least restrictive type of placement available, consistent with the best interests of the child. The order for…

  • Resolution Supporting Efforts of Telehealth Working Group image

    Resolution Supporting Efforts of Telehealth Working Group

    WHEREAS, the cost of healthcare has grown an average of 2.4 percent faster than GDP since 1970 and currently represents 18 percent of the United States’ total GDP; and WHEREAS,…

  • Federal and State Funded Health Care Financing Programs Overview Committee Act image

    Federal and State Funded Health Care Financing Programs Overview Committee Act

    Section 1. Title. This Act shall be known as the “Federal and State Funded Health Care Financing Programs Overview Committee Act.” Section 2. Purpose. There is created…

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    Patient Access Expansion Act

    Model Policy Section 1. Title. This Act shall be known as the “Patient Access Expansion Act. Section 2. Definitions. (A) As used in this Act: (1) “Maintenance of Licensure”…

  • Resolution on Certificate of Need (CON) Laws Required for the Establishment of Certain Health Care Services image

    Resolution on Certificate of Need (CON) Laws Required for the Establishment of Certain Health Care Services

    WHEREAS, Certificate of Need (CON) laws and similar programs are prominent government-imposed barriers to entry into the health care market that force health care firms to fulfill various over-burdensome requirements…

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    Exchange Transparency Act

    Section 1. Title. This Act shall be known as the “Exchange Transparency Act.” Section 2. Form of Information Available to the Public and Disclosures Required of Health Insurers.

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    Navigator Background Check Act

    Section 1. Title. This Act shall be known as the “Navigator Background Check Act.” Section 2. Definitions. “Health care insurance navigator” means a person who is selected to perform in…

  • Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act image

    Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act

    Section 1. Short Title.  This Act may be cited as the “Freedom of Choice in Health Care Act.” Section 2.  The people have the right to enter into private contracts…

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    Rescession External Review Act

    Section 1. Short Title.  This Act may be cited as the “Rescission External Review Act.” Section 2. Purpose.  The purpose of this Act is to assure that covered persons have…

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    Affordable Health Insurance Act

    Section 1. Short Title.  This Act may be cited as the “Affordable Health Insurance Act.” Section 2.  Insurers that include and operate wellness and health promotion programs, disease…

  • Resolution in Support of Oral Health Curriculum image

    Resolution in Support of Oral Health Curriculum

    Resolution: WHEREAS, oral health is distinct from other aspects of health care in that oral health predominantly relates to two diseases—caries and periodontal disease—both of which are largely preventable; and WHEREAS, unlike…

  • Requiring Legislative Approval for Medicaid Expansion Act image

    Requiring Legislative Approval for Medicaid Expansion Act

    Section 1. Title. This Act shall be known as the “Requiring Legislative Approval for Medicaid Expansion Act.” Section 2. Legislative Approval Requirement. On and after the effective date of this Act,…

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    Health Care Price Disclosure Act

    Health Care Price Disclosure Act Summary This Act requires health care professionals to make available the “direct pay” price for at least the 25 most common services or procedures;…

  • Resolution Supporting the Repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) image

    Resolution Supporting the Repeal of the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB)

    WHEREAS, Section 3403 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) established the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) consisting of 15 members appointed to six-year terms, and charged it…

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    Health Freedom Compact Act

    Findings and Declaration of Policy (A)  Unites States Code Section 112 gives Congressional consent “to any two or more states to enter into agreements or compacts for…

  • Resolution on the Tax and Fiscal Effects of Medicaid Expansion image

    Resolution on the Tax and Fiscal Effects of Medicaid Expansion

    Resolution WHEREAS, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) permit states to voluntarily opt in to Medicaid expansion, which extends taxpayer-funded health benefits to able-bodied, working-age, largely childless adults earning up to…

  • Resolution on Cord and Placenta Blood Banking and Research image

    Resolution on Cord and Placenta Blood Banking and Research

    WHEREAS, Research continues to show umbilical cord blood and placenta-derived stem cells as vehicles for potential treatments of some life-threatening conditions; and WHEREAS, Stem cells obtained from umbilical cord blood and placenta…

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    Freedom to Purchase Medical Services Act

    Section 1. Title. This Act shall be known as the “Freedom to Purchase Medical Services Act.” Section 2. Protection of Patient’s Right to Seek Care Outside of Insurance…

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    Health Savings Account Act

    Model Policy Section 1. Title.  This Act shall be known and may be cited as the “Health Savings Account Act.” Section 2. Definitions.  As used in this Act: (A)…

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    Medical Treatment Decision Act

    Section 1. Title.  This Act shall be known and may be cited as the “Medical Treatment Decision Act.” Section 2. Findings. The legislature finds that a competent…