Bill Text: TX HCR27 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Expressing opposition to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-21 - Considered in Calendars [HCR27 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HCR27-Comm_Sub.html
82R2701 BPG-D | ||
By: Christian | H.C.R. No. 27 |
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WHEREAS, The regulation and oversight of the health insurance | ||
market are powers that have traditionally and historically been | ||
reserved for state government; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through their direct knowledge of market | ||
conditions, state legislatures are uniquely positioned to respond | ||
quickly and efficiently to the needs of local constituents; over | ||
the years, this state-based system of regulation has served all | ||
interests well; and | ||
WHEREAS, The United States Congress overstepped its | ||
constitutional authority when it passed the Patient Protection and | ||
Affordable Care Act on March 21, 2010; the Act encroaches on the | ||
sovereignty of states, forcing them to spend billions of additional | ||
dollars on entitlement programs; according to the Texas Health and | ||
Human Services Commission, the new federal Medicaid standards | ||
imposed by the Act will double the number of recipients and require | ||
Texas taxpayers to spend an additional $24.3 billion over a 10-year | ||
period; moreover, by shifting substantial administrative | ||
responsibilities to the states, the new law will require that state | ||
employees and agencies devote enormous amounts of time and | ||
resources to implementation; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Act also infringes on the liberty of individuals | ||
by mandating that all citizens and legal residents of the United | ||
States obtain qualifying health care coverage or pay a tax penalty; | ||
this mandate exceeds the powers of the federal government under | ||
Article I of the United States Constitution and violates the Tenth | ||
Amendment; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act not | ||
only is unconstitutional, its implementation will endanger | ||
economic stability by adding billions of dollars to the already | ||
staggering national debt; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
hereby express its opposition to the Patient Protection and | ||
Affordable Care Act; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That the Texas secretary of state forward official | ||
copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to | ||
the president of the Senate and the speaker of the House of | ||
Representatives of the United States Congress, and to all the | ||
members of the Texas delegation to Congress with the request that | ||
this resolution be entered in the Congressional Record as a | ||
memorial to the Congress of the United States of America. |