Attorney General No.

SA91RF0021

Secretary of State No.

548

Description

HEALTH CARE PLAN. INITIATIVE STATUTE. Directs Legislature and Governor to establish health care plan to ensure coverage for all employees by or through their employer and every other resident of the state. Authorizes Legislature to require recipients to pay portion of plan cost. With stated exceptions, plan shall be financed in total by existing health care expenditures. Mandates overall medical care cost reduction below cost level of 1993-4 fiscal year; minimum 5 percent cost reductions as specified. Authorizes cost-controls to maintain medical care cost inflation at or below Consumer Price Index. Implementation to commence in 1994; be completed by 1997. Summary of estimate by Legislative Analyst and Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local governments: No direct fiscal effect because there is no specific requirement that the program be implemented. If health insurance program enacted, program would have unknown net fiscal impact on the state and local governments, with potential increased costs to the state and savings to the counties.

Proponents

Michael Weinstein, 4455 Los Feliz Blvd. #706, Los Angeles, Ca 90027

Date

12-3-1991

Document Type

Initiative

Qualified

Failed to Qualify

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