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Alabama Medicaid Amendment (September 2012)

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Medicaid Amendment

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Type:	Constitutional amendment
Constitution:	Alabama Constitution
Referred by:	Alabama Legislature
Topic:	Health care
Status:	On the ballot

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The Alabama Medicaid Amendment will appear on the September 18, 2012 special election ballot in the state of Alabama as a legislatively-referred constitutional amendment. The measure would authorize the transfer of $145.8 million from an oil and gas trust fund to the General Fund for the state Medicaid budget.^[1]

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Article XVIII of the Alabama Constitution says that it takes a three-fifths (60%) vote of the Alabama State Legislature to qualify an amendment for the ballot.^[2]

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