HSA 3150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Health Insurance Mandate, Slip Law, Joint Resolution
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Legislation development: development of legislation: point at which unproved potential solutions advance through a series of steps to become possible law. Exhibit 6. 3: only a fraction of legislative proposals are enacted into law, parties who contribute to agenda setting also contribute to legislative development. Legislative proposals: four forms of legislative proposals. For administration or nonbinding policy views: simple resolutions, concurrent resolutions, bills are the most common form. Origins of ideas for public policies: members of the house and the senate, petitions/proposals. Interest groups: members of the executive branch. Executive communications are referred by legislative leaders to the appropriate committees. Drafting legislative proposals: may be done by any house/senate member. Legislators" staff a(cid:374)d/or the offi(cid:272)e of legislative cou(cid:374)sel (cid:373)ay help: executive and private-sector proposals also have expert aid. Cli(cid:374)to(cid:374)"s 1993 atte(cid:373)pt (cid:894)health e(cid:272)urity a(cid:272)t(cid:895) sought to e(cid:374)a(cid:272)t federal rules to control medical costs and ensure universal insurance coverage. The aca (2010) was co-written by house members, senate committees, and many others.
