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To create the Small Business Health Care | 1 |
Affordability Task Force. | 2 |
Section 1. (A) There is hereby created the Small Business | 3 |
Health Care Affordability Task Force. The Task Force shall | 4 |
commence its organizational meeting not later than thirty days | 5 |
after the effective date of this section. | 6 |
(B)(1) The Task Force members shall consist of all of the | 7 |
following: | 8 |
(a) Three members of the House of Representatives, two of | 9 |
whom are appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives | 10 |
and one of whom is appointed by the Minority Leader of the House | 11 |
of Representatives; | 12 |
(b) Three members of the Senate, two of whom are appointed by | 13 |
the President of the Senate and one of whom is appointed by the | 14 |
Minority Leader of the Senate. | 15 |
(2) The Task Force may, at its organizational meeting, | 16 |
appoint up to five additional members to the Task Force who | 17 |
represent small business employers or employees or who are | 18 |
otherwise relevant to the duties of the Task Force. A member | 19 |
appointed by the Task Force shall not be a member of the General | 20 |
Assembly. | 21 |
(C) The Speaker of the House of Representatives and the | 22 |
President of the Senate shall each designate one member appointed | 23 |
under division (B)(1) of this section to serve as a co-chair of | 24 |
the Task Force. | 25 |
(D) The Task Force shall do all of the following: | 26 |
(1) Study the potential benefits of state tax incentives for | 27 |
small businesses that provide health insurance coverage for | 28 |
employees; | 29 |
(2) Study potential state incentives for businesses to offer | 30 |
health wellness and disease prevention programs; | 31 |
(3) Review employer health insurance tax incentives and | 32 |
wellness programs in other states and analyze whether such state | 33 |
policies would encourage greater affordability of | 34 |
employer-provided health insurance coverage and support employers | 35 |
in maintaining and expanding the workforce in Ohio; | 36 |
(4) Consider federal legislation regarding the provision of | 37 |
health insurance by small businesses, including the proposed | 38 |
"Healthy Workforce Act of 2009" and "Small Business Health Options | 39 |
Program Act of 2009," and the potential impact of such federal | 40 |
legislation on Ohio's small businesses. | 41 |
(E) The Task Force shall report its findings and any | 42 |
recommendations to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, | 43 |
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, President of the | 44 |
Senate, Minority Leader of the Senate, and Governor not later than | 45 |
six months following the initial organizational meeting of the | 46 |
Task Force. | 47 |
(F) On submission of the report required under division (E) | 48 |
of this section, the Task Force shall cease to exist. | 49 |