California Proposition 166, Require Employers to Provide Health Insurance Initiative (1992)

California Proposition 166
Election date November 3, 1992
Topic Business regulations and Private health insurance
Status Defeated
Type Initiated state statute	Origin Citizens

California Proposition 166 was on the ballot as an initiated state statute in California on November 3, 1992. It was defeated.

A "yes" vote supported this ballot initiative to require employers to provide health insurance to employees and their dependents if the employee works at least 17.5 hours per week or 70 hours per month for at least 60 days per year.

A "no" vote opposed this ballot initiative, thus continuing to not require employers to provide health insurance to employees and their dependents.

Election results

California Proposition 166
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		3,255,302	30.81%
No		7,310,637	69.19%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Proposition 166 was as follows:

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Basic Health Care Coverage. Initiative Statute.

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Ballot summary

The ballot summary for this measure was:

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Requires employers to provide basic health care coverage for employees working specified hours, and their dependents, as permitted by federal law. Provides phase-in period. Employee contributions shall not exceed 2% of wages: eliminates duplicate coverage; specifies type of health care benefits, including prescription services. Subjects health carriers to enforcement powers of Insurance Commissioner or Commissioner of Corporations and prohibits exclusion based upon prior disease, disorder, or condition. Establishes Health Care Coverage Commission and panels for Medical Policy, Cost Containment, and Technology. Provides employer tax credits. Makes appropriations for commission support.

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Full Text

The full text of this measure is available here.

Fiscal impact statement

The fiscal impact statement was as follows:

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Potential state general tax revenue losses of tens to hundreds of millions of dollars annually, in the short term. The longer-term impact on general tax revenues is unknown. State revenue losses of hundreds of millions of dollars annually from expanded use of the small business health care tax credit. State savings in the range of $250 million annually to the Medi-Cal Program. • County savings of potentially more than $100 million annually. Net fiscal impact of the measure is unknown.

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Path to the ballot

See also: Signature requirements for ballot measures in California

In California, the number of signatures required for an initiated state statute is equal to 5 percent of the votes cast at the preceding gubernatorial election. For initiated statutes filed in 1992, at least 384,974 valid signatures were required.

See also

1992 Measures

• 1992 Measures
• Business regulations on the ballot
• Private health insurance on the ballot
• 1992 legislative sessions

California

• California ballot measures
• California ballot measure laws

News and analysis

• Ballot measure lawsuits
• Ballot measure readability
• Ballot measure polls

External links

• California Voter Guide (November 1992)