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S. J. R. No. 1 As Reported by the House Health and Aging CommitteeAs Reported by the House Health and Aging Committee
| 129th General Assembly | | Regular Session | | 2011-2012 |
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Cosponsors:
Senators Faber, Jones, Wagoner, Cates, Schaffer, Bacon, Daniels, LaRose, Jordan, Hughes, Hite, Beagle, Coley, Gillmor, Lehner, Manning, Niehaus, Obhof, Patton, Seitz, Widener
Representatives Wachtmann, Goodwin, Burke, Gardner, Hottinger, Sears
A JOINT RESOLUTION | Proposing to enact Section 21 of Article I of the
Constitution of the State of Ohio to preserve the
freedom of Ohioans to choose their health care and
health care coverage.
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| Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio,
three-fifths of the members elected to each house concurring
herein, that there shall be submitted to the electors of the
state, in the manner prescribed by law at the general election to
be held November 8, 2011, a proposal to enact Section 21 of
Article I of the Constitution of the State of Ohio to read as
follows: |
| 21. (A) To preserve the freedom of Ohioans to choose
their health care and health care coverage: |
| (1) No law or rule shall compel, directly or indirectly, any
person, employer, or health care provider to participate in a
health care system. |
| (2) No law or rule shall prohibit the purchase of health care
or health insurance or the sale of health care or health
insurance. |
| (3) No law or rule shall impose a penalty or fine for the
purchase or sale of health care or health insurance. |
| (B) This section does not affect any law or rule in effect as
of March 19, 2010; affect which services a health care provider or
hospital is required to perform or provide; affect terms and
conditions of government employment; affect any law or rule
calculated to deter fraud or punish wrongdoing in the health care
industry; or affect any law or rule related to workers'
compensation. |
| (C) As used in this section: |
| (1) "Compel" includes the levying of, or the threat of
levying, any penalty or fine. |
| (2) "Health care system" means any public or private entity
or program whose function or purpose includes the management of,
processing of, enrollment of individuals for, or payment for, in
full or in part, health care services, health care data, or health
care information for its participants. |
| (3) "Penalty or fine" means any civil or criminal penalty or
fine, tax, salary or wage withholding or surcharge, or any named
fee with a similar effect established by law or by rule of a
government-established, -created, or -controlled agency that is
used to punish or discourage the exercise of rights protected
under this section. |
| If adopted by a majority of the electors voting on this
proposal at the general election held November 8, 2011, Section 21
of Article I of the Constitution of the State of Ohio shall take
effect immediately. |
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