Louisiana Medicaid Trust Fund, Amendment 1 (2012)
| Medicaid Trust Fund Amendment | |
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| Type: | Constitutional amendment |
| Constitution: | Louisiana Constitution |
| Referred by: | Louisiana State Legislature |
| Topic: | Health care |
| Status: |  |
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The measure protected the state medicaid trust fund from budget cuts, according to reports. The measure was sent to the ballot during the 2012 state legislative session as SB 82.
Election results
- See also: 2012 ballot measure election results
| Louisiana Amendment 1 (2012) | ||||
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 1,282,809 | 70.84% | ||
| No | 527,850 | 29.16% | ||
Official results via the Louisiana Secretary of State's website.
Text of measure
The official ballot text read as follows:[1]
| “ | Do you support an amendment to prohibit monies in the Medicaid Trust Fund for the Elderly from being used or appropriated for other purposes when adjustments are made to eliminate a state deficit? | ” |
Support
No formal support was identified.
Opposition
No formal opposition was identified.
Media editorial positions
Opposition
- The Advocate said, "As the settlement of the previous dispute between state and local officials over this trust fund makes clear, some pretty stringent safeguards against misuse of this fund are already in place. Amendment No. 1 would further clutter the constitution with unnecessary language."[2]
Path to the ballot
The legislatively-referred constitutional amendment required a two-thirds vote from members of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature to be placed on the statewide ballot.
See also
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- Approved, general, 2012
- Louisiana 2012 ballot measures, certified
- Health care, Louisiana
- Certified, health care, 2012
- State and local government budgets, spending and finance, Louisiana
- Certified, state and local government budgets, spending and finance, 2012
- Referred amendment certified for the 2012 ballot
