Legislative Session number- 86

Bill Name: SF1280

Relating to health; authorizing any resident and any employer
employing
residents in the state to purchase a health plan approved to be sold
in any
other state; clarifying the right of certain health insurance companies
to do
business in the state; specifying compliance requirements for health
plans sold
in the state; defining certain terms; establishing the physician's
council on
health care policy, defining certain terms, specifying membership,
requiring the council to analyze the benefits and costs of specific health
mandates, requiring the council to report findings to the legislature; providing
a health insurance income tax credit for persons without access to employer
based health coverage
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