Bill Text: IA SF214 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to unfunded federal mandates related to federal health care reforms and including effective date provisions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-12 - Subcommittee, Dvorsky, Courtney, and Johnson. S.J. 294. [SF214 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF214-Introduced.html

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Senate File 214 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  ZAUN, CHELGREN, BEHN,
                                     ROZENBOOM, SINCLAIR,
                                     and SCHULTZ

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to unfunded federal mandates related to federal
  2    health care reforms and including effective date provisions.
  3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  1.19  Federal health care reforms
  1  2 ==== unfunded federal mandates.
  1  3    1.  It is the intent of the general assembly to affirm the
  1  4 power of this state under the Tenth Amendment to the United
  1  5 States Constitution to exercise those powers reserved to the
  1  6 states including but not limited to providing state=based
  1  7 regulation of the health insurance market, providing aggressive
  1  8 oversight of all aspects of this market, and enforcing consumer
  1  9 protection as well as ensuring a local, responsive presence for
  1 10 Iowa consumers.
  1 11    2.  If, on or after the effective date of this Act, the
  1 12 United States Congress enacts, effectuates, or otherwise
  1 13 imposes a mandate that requires the state to engage in any
  1 14 new activity, to provide any new service, or to provide any
  1 15 service beyond that required by any law enacted or requirement
  1 16 otherwise imposed prior to the effective date of this Act
  1 17 related to regulation of the health insurance market, and the
  1 18 United States Congress does not appropriate moneys to fully
  1 19 fund the cost of the mandate or other requirement, the state is
  1 20 not required to perform the activity or provide the service and
  1 21 the state shall not be subject to the imposition of any fines
  1 22 or penalties for failure to comply with the federal mandate or
  1 23 other requirement.
  1 24    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of
  1 25 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  1 26                           EXPLANATION
  1 27 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  1 28 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  1 29    This bill affirms the intent of the general assembly to
  1 30 exercise those powers reserved to the states, including
  1 31 but not limited to providing state=based regulation of the
  1 32 health insurance market, providing aggressive oversight of
  1 33 this market, and enforcing consumer protection and a local,
  1 34 responsive presence for Iowa consumers.
  1 35    The bill provides that if the United States Congress enacts,
  2  1 effectuates, or otherwise imposes a mandate that requires
  2  2 the state to engage in any new activity or provide any new
  2  3 or expanded service and does not appropriate moneys to fully
  2  4 fund the cost of the mandate or other requirement, the state
  2  5 is not required to perform the activity or provide the service
  2  6 and shall not be subject to the imposition of any fines or
  2  7 penalties for failure to do so.  The bill is effective upon
  2  8 enactment.
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