FORTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE             SB 199/a
                       SECOND SESSION, 1996
  
  
                                                  February 3, 1996
  
  Mr. President:
  
    Your FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred
  
                    SENATE BILL 199, as amended
  
  has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation
  that it DO PASS, amended as follows:
  
    1.  Strike Senate Corporations and Transportation Committee
  Amendment 6.
  
    2.  On page 1, line 20, after the subsection designation "A."
  strike "A" and insert in lieu thereof "Except as provided in
  Subsection I of this section, a".
  
    3.  On page 5, strike lines 11 through 15 and insert in lieu
  thereof:
  
     "I.  A person's eligibility for a policy issued under the
  Health Insurance Alliance Act shall not preclude a person from
  remaining on or choosing a pool policy; provided, a self-employed
  person who qualifies for an approved health plan under the Health
  Insurance Alliance Act by using a dependent as the second employee
  may choose a pool policy in lieu of the health plan under that
  act."".
  
    4.  On page 10, line 1, strike "and" and between lines 1 and 2,
  insert the following new paragraph:
  
        "(2)  a self-employed person who qualifies as a small
  employer by using a spouse or dependent as a second employee, and one
  of the two is covered under a policy pursuant to the Comprehensive
  Health Insurance Pool Act, is a small employer for purposes of the
  Health Insurance Alliance Act; and".
  
    5.  Renumber the succeeding paragraph accordingly.           
  
    6.  On page 40, strike lines 23 and 24 in their entirety.
  
    7.  On page 40, between lines 24 and 25, insert the following
  new section to read: 
  
    "Section 23.  Laws 1994, Chapter 75, Section 35 is amended to
  read:
  
    "Section 35.  DELAYED REPEAL.--The Health Insurance Alliance Act
  is repealed June 30, [1998] 2003."".
  
  
  
                 Respectfully submitted,
  
  
  
                 __________________________________
                 Ben D. Altamirano, Chairman 
  
  
  
  Adopted_______________________ Not Adopted_______________________
            (Chief Clerk)                          (Chief Clerk)
  
  
                    Date ________________________
  
  
  The roll call vote was  8  For  0  Against
  Yes:  8
  No:     0
  Excused:   Donisthorpe, Duran, Ingle, Kidd, Kysar
  Absent: None
  
  
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