SENATE BILL NO. 12
INTRODUCED BY B. KEENAN
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT SUBMITTING TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS OF MONTANA AN
AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE VIII OF THE MONTANA CONSTITUTION BY REQUIRING THE LEGISLATURE TO
APPROPRIATE PART OF THE MONEY RECEIVED FROM THE TOBACCO LITIGATION SETTLEMENT FOR
THE MONTANA MEDICAID PROGRAM; ALLOWING PART OF THAT MONEY TO BE APPROPRIATED FOR
OTHER HEALTH CARE PURPOSES FOR WHICH FEDERAL MATCHING MONEY IS AVAILABLE; REQUIRING
PART OF THE PROCEEDS OF THE TOBACCO LITIGATION SETTLEMENT TO BE DEPOSITED IN THE STATE
GENERAL FUND AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
NEW SECTION. Section 1. Article VIII of The Constitution of the State of Montana is amended by adding a new section 17 that reads:
Section 17. Montana tobacco litigation settlement fund -- appropriation for health care purposes -- deposit in
general fund. (1) The legislature shall create a fund for deposit of proceeds of the tobacco litigation settlement. Forty
percent of the proceeds of the settlement must be deposited in the fund created by the legislature, and sixty percent of the
proceeds must be deposited in the state general fund.
(2) Subject to subsections (3) through (5), the legislature shall appropriate the money in the fund created pursuant to subsection (1) and the interest or other earnings on that money for the purpose of paying increased compensation, as determined by the legislature, for health care services provided as part of the Montana medicaid program.
(3) If money remains in the fund that has not been appropriated pursuant to subsection (2), the legislature may, upon a two-thirds vote of the members of each house, appropriate the remaining money and interest or other earnings on that money for other health care purposes for which federal matching funds are available.
(4) If money remains in the fund that has not been appropriated pursuant to subsections (2) and (3), the money must be retained in the fund for future appropriation as provided in this section.
(5) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), money appropriated from the fund may not be used to replace state or federal money used to fund benefits, services, or coverage of the health care needs of the people of Montana that existed on December 31, 1999.
NEW SECTION. Section 2. Effective date. The amendment in section 1 is effective upon approval by the electorate.
NEW SECTION. Section 3. Submission to electorate. The amendment set forth in section 1 shall be submitted to the qualified electors of Montana at the general election to be held in November 2000 by printing on the ballot the full title of this act and the following:
[ ] FOR requiring that part of the tobacco settlement money be spent for increased payments for medicaid health care
services REQUIRING THAT NOT LESS THAN 40% OF THE TOBACCO SETTLEMENT BE USED TO MATCH
AVAILABLE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR MEDICAID HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR MONTANANS.
[ ] AGAINST requiring that part of the tobacco settlement money be spent for increased payments for medicaid health
care services REQUIRING THAT NOT LESS THAN 40% OF THE TOBACCO SETTLEMENT BE USED TO MATCH
AVAILABLE FEDERAL FUNDS FOR MEDICAID HEALTH CARE SERVICES FOR MONTANANS.
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