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Connecticut
Key Vote
SustiNet Health Insurance Plan
Project Vote Smart's Synopsis:
A vote to pass a bill creating a nine-member board of directors to give legislative recommendations for the SustiNet Plan, a new state health care program aimed at extending healthcare coverage to the uninsured.
Official Title of Legislation:
HB 6600: An act concerning the establishment of the SustiNet plan.
Official Synopsis:
This bill establishes a nine-member SustiNet Health Partnership Board of Directors that must make legislative recommendations, by January 1, 2011, on the details and implementation of the "SustiNet Plan," a self-insured health care delivery plan...
Highlights:
- Defines SustiNet as a self-insured health care plan and outlines the standard benefits package for group health insurance (Sec. 1).
- Establishes a SustiNet Health Partnership board of directors responsible for developing the procedures and guidelines, and for the implementation of the SustiNet Plan (Sec. 2, 3).
- Permits the board of directors to develop recommendations that offer SustiNet Plan benefits to a range of people, including: nonstate public employers; nonprofit organizations and small business employees; beneficiaries of HUSKY Plan Part A and Part B, Medicaid, and state-administered programs; and people without employer-sponsored insurance (Sec. 9).
- Directs the board of directors to develop recommendations for identifying those uninsured in the state, and to develop public education and outreach campaigns informing and encouraging state residents to apply for the SustiNet Plan (Sec. 13, 14).
- Establishes a task force to study the state's health care workforce and to develop a plan to prevent and correct shortages of necessary medical personnel (Sec. 18).
Full Text of Legislation (PDF Document)
House Passage: 05/20/2009 : Bill Passed: 107 - 35 (Roll no. 253) Senate Passage: 05/30/2009 : Bill Passed 23 - 12 (Roll no. 474) Governor Passage: 07/08/2009 : Vetoed House Override of Veto: 07/20/2009 : Veto Override Passed: 102 - 40 (Roll no. 436)
NOTE: A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY OF MEMBERS ELECTED IS REQUIRED TO OVERRIDE A GOVERNOR'S VETO. Senate Override of Veto: 07/20/2009 : Veto Override Passed: 24 - 12 (Roll no. 585)
NOTE: A TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY OF MEMBERS ELECTED IS REQUIRED TO OVERRIDE A GOVERNOR'S VETO.
Sponsor: Public Health
Cosponsors: Rep. Abercrombie, Catherine
Rep. Altobello, Emil Jr.
Rep. Aresimowicz, Joe
Rep. Baram, David
Rep. Butler, Larry
Rep. Candelaria, Juan
Sen. Colapietro, Thomas Jr.
Sen. Coleman, Eric
Rep. Conroy, Theresa
Sen. Crisco, Joseph Jr.
Sen. Daily, Eileen
Sen. Fonfara, John
Rep. Gentile, Linda Menna
| Sen. Gomes, Edwin
Rep. Grogins, Auden
Sen. Handley, Mary
Rep. Hornish, Maryanne
Rep. Johnson, Susan
Sen. Looney, Martin
Rep. Lyddy, Christopher
Sen. Maynard, Andrew
Rep. Merrill, Denise
Sen. Meyer, Edward
Rep. Mushinsky, Mary
Rep. Olson, Melissa
Sen. Prague, Edith
| Rep. Santiago, Ezequiel
Sen. Slossberg, Gayle
Rep. Spallone, James Field
Rep. Taborsak, Joseph
Rep. Urban, Diana
Rep. Walker, Toni
Sen. Williams, Donald Jr.
Rep. Wright, Christopher
Rep. Zalaski, Bruce
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