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(2) the need to subsidize health insurance for individuals with low
income, in other financially difficult situations, or with health conditions that hinder
the purchase of insurance in the commercial market;
(3) the use of incentives, such as a child and dependent care tax credit
or an income tax surcharge, to encourage individuals to purchase health insurance.
and what the level of the incentives would have to be to result in the increased purchase
of health insurance;
(4) public and private strategies to educate individuals and employers
about the importance of health coverage;
(5) whether individual responsibility should be accompanied by some
form of employer responsibility;
(6) enforcement issues, including alternative approaches to the
reporting and verification of health care coverage:
(7) potential reductions in inpatient and outpatient uncompensated
care and government expenditures that may result from various personal
responsibility provisions: and
(8) the need for religious exemptions from any proposed health care
coverage requirement.
(c) On or before December 1, 2007, the Commission shall report the findings
of its study, together with any recommendations, to the Governor and, in accordance
with § 2-1246 of the State Government Article, the Senate Finance Committee and
the House Health and Government Operations Committee.
SECTION L AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That, except as provided in
Section 1 of this Act, this Act shall take effect July 1, 2007.
Approved by the Governor, May 17, 2007.
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CHAPTER 614
(House Bill 588)
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