Oklahoma State Question 647, Healthcare Provider Taxes and Healthcare Program Funding Measure (1992)
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| Topic Healthcare and State and local government budgets, spending, and finance |
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| Type Legislatively referred state statute |
Origin |
Oklahoma State Question 647 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred state statute in Oklahoma on November 3, 1992. It was defeated.
A "yes" vote supported enacting laws that authorize taxes on health care programs, establish a grant program for nursing home residents, mandate reforms for health care programs, and create a task force to develop and recommend reforms. |
A "no" vote opposed enacting laws that authorize taxes on health care programs, establish a grant program for nursing home residents, mandate reforms for health care programs, and create a task force to develop and recommend reforms. |
Election results
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Oklahoma State Question 647 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
| Yes | 514,381 | 38.95% | ||
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806,126 | 61.05% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for State Question 647 was as follows:
| “ | This measure enacts new laws. The laws impose taxes on health care providers to pay for health care programs. Under the laws, hospitals would pay a tax of 1.83% on some revenue. Nursing homes and similar facilities would pay $3.00 per patient day. Some facilities for the mentally retarded would pay 10% of certain revenue. Retail pharmacies would collect a 1.8% tax on prescription drug sales. The laws create a grant program for some residents of nursing homes and similar facilities. The program would be run by the State Department of Human Services. The laws require that health care and assistance program reforms be developed. The laws create an interim task force to help develop those reforms and make other recommendations. | ” |
Path to the ballot
A simple majority vote is required during one legislative session for the Oklahoma State Legislature to place a state statute on the ballot. That amounts to a minimum of 51 votes in the Oklahoma House of Representatives and 24 votes in the Oklahoma State Senate, assuming no vacancies. Statutes require the governor's signature to be referred to the ballot. Bills that raise revenue must pass in both the House and Senate with at least a three-fourths supermajority to be enacted without voter approval; if a revenue-increasing bill passes by more a simple majority but less than a three-fourths supermajority, they must be referred to the ballot.
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