IceAgeComing
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« on: October 25, 2017, 10:57:34 AM » |
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Working on the assumption that this thread also is for the next session I wish to pre-file this as the first bill to be debated then:
Southern Healthcare Bill
A BILL TO implement the Reforming and Regionalising Public Healthcare Act of 2017 in the South, to enact measures ensuring that all Southern residents have healthcare coverage, to mandate the coverage of certain procedures not included in the Federal Act, and for connected purposes
Be it enacted by the Southern Chamber of Delegates; as assembled:
Section 1 - Definitions
For the purposes of this legislation:
(a): “The Federal Act” shall mean the Reforming and Regionalising Public Healthcare Act of 2017;
(b): “The Board” shall mean the Southern Healthcare and Insurance Regulation Board set up by this bill
(c): “The Exchange” shall mean the Southern Healthcare Exchange created by The Federal Bill and under the management of The Board
Section 2 - Southern Healthcare Exchange
(a): A “Southern Healthcare Insurance Regulation Board” shall be created
(b) The Board shall manage the Southern Healthcare Exchange created by The Federal Act; and be responsible for the creation of regulations to which insurers must meet in order to provide coverage on The Exchange; plus monitor and sanction any licensed insurers that fail to meet the provisions of this act or any regulations created by The Board
(c) The regulations that the board makes shall be limited to provisions to protect consumers, and updating required coverage to consider new technologies
(d): AtlasCare shall be made available on The Exchange to all residents of the South
Section 3 - Mandates
(a) All licensed Private Healthcare insurers must provide the services laid out in Section 2.1.b in the Federal Act
(b) Both AtlasCare and private insurers must provide transition-related services to all people diagnosed with Gender Dysphoria including; but not limited to; psychiatric services, cosmetic procedures that affirm an individuals gender, and follow-up medical care deemed necessary by an individuals Doctor
(c) Any medical professional or facility not willing to provide services under (b) may decline the procedure, provided that an alternative facility or professional able to provide such services be available within a reasonable distance of the patient, and provided that a professional or facility refers the patient to that available alternative
(d) All licensed Medical Insurers must provide coverage of children of an insured individual until that individual reaches the age of twenty five
(e) All Southern residents must be insured by an insurer registered on The Exchange, unless exempted by later provisions of this Act
(f) Exemptions to the Section 3(e) mandate shall be:
(i) Southern Residents who earn under the poverty line
(ii) Southern Residents under the age of 27 who are not covered by Section 3(d)
(g) All Southern residents who do not meet the Mandate shall pay a $100 penalty fee; rising with health care inflation
(h) All funds from the penalty shall go in an “Emergency Healthcare Fund” managed by the Board and available to both AtlasCare and Private Insurers to support the coverage of those with serious conditions
Section 4 - Enactment and Title
(a) This Act can be referred to as the “Southern Healthcare Act”
(b) This bill shall go into force in several stages:
(i): Section 2(a) shall go into force on passage; and shall take over the Exchange on the 1st January 2018
(ii) All other sections in this legislation shall come into force on the 1st January 2018
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