HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 08091988 - S.1 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Contra
Supervisor Tom Powers Costa
DATE: August 2, 1988 County
SUBJECT..Assembly Constitutional Amendment 60 (Hauser) - Access to Health Care
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
That the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors support ACA 60 which
would require the Legislature to institute a program to assure
affordable access to health care for all California residents.
BACKGROUND:
ACA 60 will be heard in the Assembly Ways and Means Committee on
Wednesday, August 3, 1988. If the bill passes both house of the
Legislature if will go to the ballot for a vote of the people in
November 1990.
ACA 60 -would apply the following principles to a health care program for
all California residents:
- Coverage must be universal
- Coverage must be comprehensive
- Financing must be progressive
- The system must be economically efficient
- There must be public allocation of health care resources .
- The system must be accountable to patients
- The system must be sensitive to California's cultural diversity
ACA 60 would be authorized to utilize any or all of, but would not be
limited to, the following taxes: income, estate, payroll , alcohol ,
tobacco, sales, severence and service taxes.
For the purposes of ACA 60, the Gann Spending Limit would be lifted.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENTI YES OIGNATUREt
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON August 9. 1988 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) i HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED 9. 4988
Health Services Director Phfl atchelor, Clerk of the Board
of Supervisors and County Administratc
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