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Arizona Proposition 200, Tobacco Settlement Fund Allocation for Children's Health, Disease Prevention, and Hospice Care Initiative (2000)
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| Topic Healthcare facility funding and Tobacco laws |
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| Type Initiated state statute |
Origin |
Arizona Proposition 200 was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in Arizona on November 7, 2000. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported using tobacco settlement money to provide prevention services for preschool children and families, providing health insurance (including behavioral health coverage) for eligible uninsured parents, authorizing schools to enroll uninsured children in KidsCare, funding programs for early detection and prevention of cancer, strokes, and other diseases, and providing hospice care for the terminally ill. |
A "no" vote opposed using tobacco settlement money to provide prevention services for preschool children and families, providing health insurance (including behavioral health coverage) for eligible uninsured parents, authorizing schools to enroll uninsured children in KidsCare, funding programs for early detection and prevention of cancer, strokes, and other diseases, and providing hospice care for the terminally ill. |
Election results
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837,557 | 58.06% | ||
| No | 605,094 | 41.94% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 200 was as follows:
| “ | AN ACT REPEALING SECTIONS 36-275, 36-771, 36-773, 36-774, 36-775, 36-2921, 42-3251, 42-3252, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES; AMENDING TITLE 11, CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE 1, BY ADDING SECTION 11-201.01; AMENDING TITLE 36, CHAPTER 6, ARTICLE 8, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTIONS 36-771, 36-774 AND 36-775; AMENDING TITLE 36, CHAPTER 6, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING ARTICLE 9, SECTIONS 36-776, 36-777, 36-778 AND 36-779; AMENDING TITLE 36, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING CHAPTER 10, SECTIONS 36-781, 36-782, 36-783; AMENDING TITLE 36, CHAPTER 29, ARTICLE 1, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTIONS 36-2921.01 AND 36-2901.02; AMENDING SECTIONS 36-2988 AND 36-2989, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES; AMENDING TITLE 41, CHAPTER 7, ARTICLE 10.01, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 41-1279.09, AMENDING TITLE 42, CHAPTER 3, ARTICLE 6, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING SECTION 42-3251; AMENDING TITLE 44, ARIZONA REVISED STATUTES, BY ADDING CHAPTER 26, ARTICLE 1, SECTION 44-7107; MAKING AN APPROPRIATION; RELATING TO TOBACCO. | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
| “ | USES TOBACCO SETTLEMENT MONEY TO PROVIDE PREVENTION SERVICES FOR PRESCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES; PROVIDES HEALTH INSURANCE, INCLUDING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH COVERAGE, FOR ELIGIBLE UNINSURED PARENTS; AUTHORIZES SCHOOLS TO ENROLL UNINSURED CHILDREN IN KIDSCARE; FUNDS EARLY DETECTION AND PREVENTION OF CANCER, STROKES AND OTHER DISEASES; PROVIDES HOSPICE CARE FOR THE TERMINALLY ILL. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
In Arizona, the number of signatures required for an initiated state statute is equal to 10 percent of the votes cast at the preceding gubernatorial election.
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