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Texas Proposition 3, Medical Care for the Needy Elderly Amendment (1964)
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| Topic Healthcare and Public assistance programs |
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| Type Legislatively referred constitutional amendment |
Origin |
Texas Proposition 3 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in Texas on November 3, 1964. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported the amendment to grant the legislature the authority to provide direct or vendor payments for medical care on behalf of needy individuals sixty-five years or older, provide for the acceptance of related federal matching funds, provide that state funding for assistance never exceeds that of the accepted matching federal funds, and provide that vision be included under the medical care provided. |
A "no" vote opposed the amendment to grant the legislature the authority to provide direct or vendor payments for medical care on behalf of needy individuals sixty-five years or older, provide for the acceptance of related federal matching funds, provide that state funding for assistance never exceeds that of the accepted matching federal funds, and provide that vision be included under the medical care provided. |
Election results
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Texas Proposition 3 |
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1,049,995 | 71.10% | ||
| No | 426,866 | 28.90% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 3 was as follows:
| “ | Relating to proposing a constitutional amendment giving the Legislature the power to provide, under such limitations and restrictions as may be deemed by the Legislature expedient, for direct or vendor payments for medical care on behalf of individuals sixty-five (65) years of age or over who are not recipients of Old Age Assistance and who are unable to pay for needed medical services; providing for the acceptance of financial aid from the Government of the United States for such medical payments; providing that the amounts paid out of state funds shall never exceed the amount that is matchable out of Federal funds for such purposes; providing that certain means relating to the correction or remedying of abnormalities of vision shall be included within such medical care service or assistance. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Path to the ballot
- See also: Amending the Texas Constitution
A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the Texas State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.
The constitutional amendment was introduced into the Texas State Legislature as Senate Joint Resolution 10 during the 58th regular legislative session in 1963.[1]
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Footnotes
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