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Fritz
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« on: July 18, 2009, 06:55:26 AM »

ATLASIAN NATIONAL HEALTH CARE ACT

Section 1- Eligibility and Benefits
a. All individuals residing in Atlasia are covered under the Atlasian National Health Care Program entitling them to a universal, best quality standard of care.
b. The health care benefits under this Act cover all medically necessary services, including at least the following:
1. Primary care and prevention.
2. Inpatient care.
3. Outpatient care.
4. Emergency care.
5. Prescription drugs.
6. Durable medical equipment.
7. Long-term care.
8. Palliative care.
9. Mental health services.
10. The full scope of dental services (other than cosmetic dentistry).
11. Substance abuse treatment services.
12. Chiropractic services.
13. Basic vision care and vision correction (other than laser vision correction for cosmetic purposes).
14. Hearing services, including coverage of hearing aids.
15. Podiatric care.
c. Such benefits are available through any licensed health care clinician anywhere in Atlasia that is legally qualified to provide the benefits.
d. No deductibles, co-payments, coinsurance, or other cost-sharing shall be imposed with respect to covered benefits.
e. No institution may be a participating provider unless it is a public or not-for-profit institution. Private physicians, private clinics, and private health care providers shall continue to operate as private entities, but are prohibited from being investor owned. For-profit providers of care opting to participate shall be required to convert to not-for-profit status. For-profit providers of care that convert to non-profit status shall remain privately owned and operated entities. The owners of such for-profit providers shall be compensated for reasonable financial losses incurred as a result of the conversion from for-profit to non-profit status.
f. It is unlawful for a private health insurer to sell health insurance coverage that duplicates the benefits provided under this Act.  However, nothing in this Act shall be construed as prohibiting the sale of health insurance coverage for any additional benefits not covered by this Act, such as for cosmetic surgery or other services and items that are not medically necessary.

Section 2- Finances
a. The Atlasian National Health Care Program, through its regional offices, shall pay each institutional provider of care a monthly lump sum to cover all operating expenses under a global budget. The global budget of a provider shall be set through negotiations between providers and regional directors, but are subject to the approval of the Director. The budget shall be negotiated annually, based on past expenditures, projected changes in levels of services, wages and input, costs, a provider's maximum capacity to provide care, and proposed new and innovative programs.  Under this Act physicians shall submit bills to the regional director on a simple form, or via computer. Licensed health care clinicians who accept any payment from the Program may not bill any patient for any covered service.
b. Funding for this Act shall be appropriated from existing sources of Federal Government revenues for health care, and from an additional sales tax on all alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana products.

Section 3- Administration
a. This Act shall be administered a Director appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate.  The Director may hold other office.
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Fritz
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Junior Chimp
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United States


« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2009, 07:02:33 AM »

Party Switching Act

1.  Official changes to party of registration may not be made more frequently than is allowed by law for changes to state of registration, except that a voter may register as an independent at any time.

2.  This law shall not impact any changes to party of registration made before its taking effect.
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Fritz
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Junior Chimp
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« Reply #2 on: August 30, 2009, 10:08:25 PM »

Party Switching Act

1.  Official changes to party of registration may not be made more frequently than is allowed by law for changes to state of registration, except that a voter may register as an independent at any time.

2.  This law shall not impact any changes to party of registration made before its taking effect.

I withdraw this legislation.
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Fritz
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« Reply #3 on: September 07, 2009, 11:31:33 AM »
« Edited: September 09, 2009, 07:36:58 AM by Senator Fritz »

Clean Energy Act

1. Atlasia shall subsidise all public utilities operating on sources of energy that are clean and renewable, such as wind, solar, hydroelectric, and nuclear power.  Any loss incurred by a conversion to and/or operation of clean energy utilities will be compensated by the federal government.

2. All public utilities will be required to convert at least 50% of their operation to clean energy sources over the next ten years.
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Fritz
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United States


« Reply #4 on: October 11, 2009, 09:35:30 AM »

Teenage Liberation Act

All laws containing an age requirement or limit between the ages of 15 and 21 shall have that requirement or limit changed to the age of 14.
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Fritz
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« Reply #5 on: October 21, 2009, 08:05:15 AM »

Vice-Presidential Election Amendment

The election to the office of Vice-President shall be a distinct and seperate election from that of the President, although the elections for both offices will occur simultaneously.
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Fritz
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Junior Chimp
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« Reply #6 on: December 09, 2009, 11:33:20 PM »

Articles of Impeachment- Secretary of Forum Affairs EarlAW

WHEREAS Secretary of Forum Affairs EarlAW has not made a post in any location on the Atlas Forum since November 10, 2009,

and whereas the official voter lists maintained by the Department of Forum Affairs have not been updated since October 15, 2009,

and whereas a federal election in which an active Secretary of Forum Affairs will be needed is scheduled to occur on December 18, 2009,

The Senate of Atlasia does exercise its constitutional power to impeach the Secretary of Forum Affairs.
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Fritz
JLD
Junior Chimp
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« Reply #7 on: December 09, 2009, 11:55:10 PM »

Wow, you're right- the election starts tomorrow!  Tongue

Never mind the impeachment thing, there isn't time for that.
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Fritz
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Junior Chimp
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« Reply #8 on: January 02, 2010, 10:15:33 AM »
« Edited: January 04, 2010, 01:28:42 AM by Senator Fritz »

President of the Senate Amendment

1. The office of President Pro Tempore of the Senate is hereby abolished.  The Vice-President, as President of the Senate, will perform the duties previously performed by the President Pro Tempore.

2. In the event of a vacancy in the office of Vice-President, the Dean of the Senate shall serve as President of the Senate.
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Fritz
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Junior Chimp
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« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2010, 02:26:06 AM »

Instead of the above, this is submitted for consideration.

Amendment to Article 2 of Current Senate Rules, Regulations, and Procedures

Section 1: Powers and Responsibilities of the President Pro-Tempore of the Senate
1.The President Pro-Tempore, to be further known in this document as the PPT, of the Senate, in addition to his powers so stated in the Constitution, shall be the Presiding Officer of the Senate and shall be responsible for upholding the provisions of this Procedural Resolution when it is in his power to do so individually or, as so defined in this document, whenever joint consideration with either the President of the Senate Pro-Tempore or the members of the Senate.
2.The PPT President of the Senate shall also be responsible for maintaining regular contact with the President of the Senate President Pro-Tempore, in case such need arises for joint use of power as laid out under Article 7 of this Procedural Resolution.
3.It is also the PPT’s President of the Senate's responsibility to present himself/herself to the rest of the Senate as an exemplary member and to make sure that the Senate’s debate remains civil and orderly at all times.

Section 2: Powers of the President of the SenatePro-Tempore
1. The President of the Senate, in addition to his powers so stated in the Constitution,Pro-Tempore, to be further known in this document as the PPT, shall retain the powers and prerogatives as the Presiding Officer of the Senate under the following circumstances:

a. A publicly announced absence by the PPTPresident of the Senate from the Atlas Forum.
b. If the PPTPresident of the Senate has been inactive from the Atlas Forum for five (5)seven (7) days.
c. In any case where the PPTPresident of the Senate has failed to uphold the provisions of this Procedural Resolution when it is in his power to do so individually.
d. During any period of time when no Senator person is presently holding the office of PPTPresident of the Senate.
e. the President of the Senate should be absent by reason of exercising responsibility as Acting President of the Republic of Atlasia under the Constitution.
f. A publicly announced conferral of such powers by the President of the Senate.

2. The President of the SenatePPT shall also be responsible for maintaining regular contact with the PPTPresident of the Senate, in case such need arises for joint use of power as laid out under Article 7 of this Procedural Resolution.

3. In the event that the President of the SenatePPT should be absent by reason of (a) exercising responsibility as Acting President of the Republic of Atlasia under the Constitution; (b) vacancy of the Vice Presidency; or (c) having failed to post in the Atlas Forum for a period of no less than 75 days, then the powers given by this Resolution to the President of the SenatePPT shall instead be exercised by the Dean of the Senate.
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Fritz
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« Reply #10 on: March 28, 2010, 08:15:56 PM »
« Edited: March 28, 2010, 08:52:21 PM by Senator Fritz »

Repeal the HAEV Act

The High Authority for Ethics in Voting Act is hereby repealed.


EDIT: I forgot about JBrase vs. Atlasia.  Introduction of this bill should be delayed until after the court has ruled in that case.
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Fritz
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Junior Chimp
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Posts: 5,668
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« Reply #11 on: April 03, 2010, 09:59:34 AM »

Repeal the HAEV Act

The High Authority for Ethics in Voting Act is hereby repealed.


EDIT: I forgot about JBrase vs. Atlasia.  Introduction of this bill should be delayed until after the court has ruled in that case.

The Court having ruled, this is now submitted.
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Fritz
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Junior Chimp
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Posts: 5,668
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« Reply #12 on: April 06, 2010, 09:37:50 PM »

Repeal the HAEV Act

The High Authority for Ethics in Voting Act is hereby repealed.







Ahem.  What is the holdup in this being opened on the Senate floor?  Bacon King, I sent you a PM yesterday about this.

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Fritz
JLD
Junior Chimp
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Posts: 5,668
United States


« Reply #13 on: August 15, 2010, 07:56:09 AM »

Sublimation Act

1. If a party decides to dissolve (as outlined by each party’s by-laws), that party will cease to exist on the Introduction to Atlasia 2.0 Thread.
2. Upon a resolution to dissolve, the Chairman of said party shall notify the RG that the political party in question has dissolved.
3. Remaining members of the political party in question will be re-registered as “Independent.”


Please use my proper office title in legislation: Registrar General.  Thanks.   Smiley
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Fritz
JLD
Junior Chimp
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Posts: 5,668
United States


« Reply #14 on: November 28, 2014, 09:57:40 PM »

Ummm, Vega?  This is the thread for senate bills, not regional governments.  You knew that, didn't you?
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