Florida Senate - 2021                                    SJR 340
       
       
        
       By Senator Diaz
       
       
       
       
       
       36-00558-21                                            2021340__
    1                       Senate Joint Resolution                     
    2         A joint resolution proposing the creation of Section
    3         22 of Article III of the State Constitution to provide
    4         that a single-payor health care system may not be
    5         enacted by the legislature except through legislation
    6         approved by two-thirds of the membership of each house
    7         of the legislature and presented to the Governor for
    8         approval; providing definitions.
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   10  Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   12         That the following creation of Section 22 of Article III of
   13  the State Constitution is agreed to and shall be submitted to
   14  the electors of this state for approval or rejection at the next
   15  general election or at an earlier special election specifically
   16  authorized by law for that purpose:
   17                             ARTICLE III                           
   18                             LEGISLATURE                           
   19         SECTION 22. Supermajority vote required to enact a single
   20  payor health care system.—
   21         (a) SUPERMAJORITY VOTE REQUIRED TO ENACT SINGLE-PAYOR
   22  HEALTH CARE SYSTEM. The legislature may not enact a single-payor
   23  health care system for providing comprehensive health care
   24  services except through legislation approved by two-thirds of
   25  the membership of each house of the legislature and presented to
   26  the Governor for approval pursuant to Article III, Section 8.
   27         (b) DEFINITIONS. As used in this section, the following
   28  terms shall have the following meanings:
   29         (1) “Comprehensive health care services” means the full
   30  range of personal health services for diagnosis, treatment,
   31  followup, and rehabilitation of patients.
   32         (2) “Single-payor” means an entity that has been designated
   33  by the Legislature as the sole administrator, collector, and
   34  payor of funds for comprehensive health care services.
   35         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the following statement be
   36  placed on the ballot:
   37                      CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT                     
   38                       ARTICLE III, SECTION 22                     
   39         SUPERMAJORITY VOTE REQUIRED TO ENACT A SINGLE-PAYOR HEALTH
   40  CARE SYSTEM.—Proposing an amendment to the State Constitution to
   41  prohibit the legislature from enacting a single-payor health
   42  care system for providing comprehensive health care services
   43  except through legislation approved by two-thirds of the
   44  membership of each house of the legislature.