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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, In March 2010, President Barack Obama signed into |
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law a sweeping health care bill, the Patient Protection and |
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Affordable Care Act; and |
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WHEREAS, A number of reports have since suggested that the |
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new federal Medicaid standards imposed by the Act will require |
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taxpayers to spend millions, even billions, more over the next |
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decade; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition, there are likely to be ramifications |
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for small employers and those who purchase private insurance; for |
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instance, it has yet to be determined how many people will lose |
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their health insurance as a result of the ACA; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 83rd Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby direct the comptroller of public accounts to conduct a study |
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to determine the costs to the state of instituting the Affordable |
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Care Act and a projection of the number of Texas residents who would |
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lose health insurance coverage as a result of the ACA; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official |
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copies of this resolution to the Texas comptroller of public |
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accounts. |