Louisiana Medicaid Expansion Amendment (2015)
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A Louisiana Medicaid Expansion Amendment was not on the October 24, 2015 ballot in Louisiana as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment. The measure, upon voter approval, would have expanded the state's Medicaid healthcare to residents with incomes at or below 138 percent of the federal poverty level.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The proposed ballot text was:[1]
| “ | Do you support an amendment that requires the Department of Health and Hospitals, beginning January 1, 2016, to administer a state program that gives every legal resident of Louisiana whose income is at or below 138% of the federal poverty level access to health insurance with essential health benefits, as provided by federal law and related rules and regulations? (Adds Article XII, Section 17)[2] | ” |
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article XII, Louisiana Constitution
The proposed amendment would have added a Section 17 to Article XII of the Constitution of Louisiana. The following text would have been added by the proposed measure's approval:[1]
Section 17. Effective January 1, 2016, the Department of Health and Hospitals shall administer a state program that makes available to every legal resident of this state whose income is at or below one hundred thirty-eight percent of the federal poverty level access to health insurance with essential health benefits, as provided by federal law and related rules and regulations. The department shall make all necessary state Medicaid plan amendments or waiver applications to the federal government in order to access all federal funding available for the provision of health care services, including but not limited to funds available through The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148 and The Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act, Public Law 111-152, or any successors to these acts. The legislature shall annually appropriate the state and federal revenues necessary to fund this program to provide health insurance for this eligible population.[2]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Louisiana Constitution
The proposed constitutional amendment needed to be approved through a two-thirds vote in both legislative chambers to be placed on the ballot.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Louisiana Legislature, "Senate Bill 10," accessed March 12, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source. Cite error: Invalid
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