HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION WW

 

April 10, 2008, Introduced by Reps. Donigan, Vagnozzi, Kathleen Law, Young, Robert Jones, Condino, Cushingberry and Clack and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.

 

     A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, by amending section 51 of article IV, to

 

require the legislature to pass laws establishing affordable and

 

comprehensive health care coverage for all Michigan residents.

 

     Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

 

state of Michigan, That the following amendment to the state

 

constitution of 1963, to require the legislature to pass laws

 

establishing affordable and comprehensive health care coverage for

 

all Michigan residents, is proposed, agreed to, and submitted to

 

the people of the state:

 

ARTICLE IV

 

     Sec. 51. The public health and general welfare of the people


 

of the state are hereby declared to be matters of primary public

 

concern. The legislature shall pass suitable laws for the

 

protection and promotion of the public health. The legislature

 

shall pass laws to make sure that every resident of the state has

 

affordable and comprehensive health care coverage through a fair

 

and cost-effective financing system. The legislature shall pass

 

laws that, through public or private measures, control health care

 

costs and provide for medically necessary preventive, primary,

 

acute, and chronic health care needs.

 

     Resolved further, That the foregoing amendment shall be

 

submitted to the people of the state at the next general election

 

in the manner provided by law.