Amendment #33 to H3400

Health Care Mandate Moratorium

[Sponsors] Representative Stanley of West Newbury moves to amend the bill by inserting after section XX, the following section:

“SECTION XX.  It shall be the policy of the general court to impose a moratorium on all new mandated health benefit legislation until the later of July 31, 2012, or until the rate of increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for medical care services as reported by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics remains at zero or below zero for two consecutive years”