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  • Compact for America: Balanced Budget Amendment image

    Compact for America: Balanced Budget Amendment

    REFERENCE TITLE: ___________________ State of ___________ (Introducing ________) _________ Legislature __________ Session 20___ __. B. ____ Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of _____________:…

  • More headliners on the way for ALEC’s Denver gathering image

    More headliners on the way for ALEC’s Denver gathering

    The Trump administration’s Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta and Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke will join the speakers’ dais in Denver at next week’s annual meeting of the …

  • ALEC will reel in the political right at its annual meeting in Denver image

    ALEC will reel in the political right at its annual meeting in Denver

    Lawmakers who lean right—and hope to reinvent government accordingly—have had a friend named ALEC for 44 years. The conservative, pro-free market American Legislative Exchange Council has been an advocate of limited…

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    Electronic Government Services Act

    Electronic Government Services Act Summary While the continued development of information technology and the proliferation of the Internet has permitted government agencies to make more efficient the necessary transactions…

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    Education Savings Account Act

    Model Policy: THE EDUCATION SAVINGS ACCOUNT ACT Section 1. {The Education Savings Account Act} Section 2. {Definitions} (A) “Program” means The Education Savings Account program created in this subchapter. (B) “Eligible…

  • Intrastate Forum Shopping Abuse Reform Act image

    Intrastate Forum Shopping Abuse Reform Act

    Model Legislation Section 1. {Title}  This Act shall be called and may be cited as the “[Intrastate Forum Shopping Abuse Reform Act]”. Section 2. {Venue} [Section _____ ] shall be…

  • Self-Sufficiency in Medicaid Act image

    Self-Sufficiency in Medicaid Act

      Summary This Act provides that the state’s Medicaid Program will institute a work requirement for able-bodied adults receiving services and benefits from the Medicaid program in {insert state}. Model…

  • The Foster Youth Driver’s License Act image

    The Foster Youth Driver’s License Act

    The Foster Youth Driver’s License Act Summary This act will allow a minor who is in the custody of the Department to apply for a drivers permit or…

  • Health Care Sharing Ministries Freedom To Share Act image

    Health Care Sharing Ministries Freedom To Share Act

    Health Care Sharing Ministries Freedom To Share Act Summary Participants of health care sharing ministries financially assist fellow participants with large medical expenses with a result usually provided by…

  • The Kinship Care and Fictive Kin Reform Act image

    The Kinship Care and Fictive Kin Reform Act

    The Kinship Care and Fictive Kin Reform Act Summary This Act establishes that the Department may approve either “Kinship Care” or “Fictive Kin” as a best interest…

  • Why Conservative Lawmakers Are Turning to Free-Speech Bills as a Fix for Higher Ed image

    Why Conservative Lawmakers Are Turning to Free-Speech Bills as a Fix for Higher Ed

    A few months ago, Patrick Colbeck, a Republican in Michigan’s State Senate, picked up George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984. What he read sounded familiar: oppressive oversight, restricted speech, and twisted interpretations of…

  • State of the State: New Hampshire image

    State of the State: New Hampshire

    Despite the Granite State’s strengths and Sununu’s proposals, there remains work to be done. For example, the top marginal tax rate for corporations is a steep 8.2%; and although New Hampshire doesn’t have a personal income tax or sales tax, it does have the highest property tax burden in the nation. New Hampshire also ranks a lackluster 37th in the nation in terms of burdensome regulations according to the Pacific Research Institute. Furthermore, the recently released ALEC report Unaccountable and Unaffordable 2016 ranks the state’s pension funding level at 43rd nationally. Using a risk-free rate of return of 2.344 percent, New Hampshire’s state pensions are unfunded in excess of $13,000 per capita with a funded ratio of just 28 percent.

  • Ten-Year Statute of Repose Act image

    Ten-Year Statute of Repose Act

    Model Legislation Section 1. {Title} This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Ten-Year Statute of Repose Act. Section 2. {Limitation period} (A) In…

  • Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Act image

    Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Act

    Medicaid Managed Long-Term Services and Supports Act Summary The purpose of this Act is to implement a coordinated, capitated long-term care program for Medicaid beneficiaries who are…

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    Patient’s Right To Know Act

    Patient’s Right To Know Act Model Legislation Section 1. Title.  This Act shall be known as the “Patient’s Right to Know Act.” Section 2. Purpose. The purpose of this…

  • Audit Equity and Process Simplification Act image

    Audit Equity and Process Simplification Act

    Model Legislation {Title, enacting clause, etc.} Section 1. This Act may be cited as the Audit Equity and Simplification Act. Section 2. {Statement of legislative intent.} WHEREAS, the state utilizes…

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    State of the State: Nevada

    Nevada remains one of the most business-friendly states. The education system is rapidly becoming the envy of the nation. And it’s no surprise that many choose to escape the high-tax regime of California for no-income-tax Nevada. But to stop the slide in economic outlook, Nevadans should reject further cronyism and resist calls for a further erosion of the low-tax environment.

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    The Site Neutral Payment Policy Act

    Model Legislation Section 1. Title. This Act shall be known as the Site Neutral Payment Policy Act. Section 2. Purpose. The purpose of the Act is to ensure patients and…

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    Next Generation Charter Schools Act

    Section 1. {Title.} The Next Generation Charter Schools Act Section 2. {Declaration of Purpose.} 
(A) The General Assembly hereby finds and declares that (1) The Charter School Act of [year]…

  • Great Schools Tax Credit Program Act (Scholarship Tax Credits) image

    Great Schools Tax Credit Program Act (Scholarship Tax Credits)

    The Great Schools Tax Credit Program authorizes a tax credit for individual and corporate contributions to organizations that provide educational scholarships to eligible students so they can attend qualifying public or private schools of their parents’ choice.