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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Phil Batchelor Contra
County Administrator Costa
DATE: November 8, 1988 C;o^
SUBJECT: Assembly Constitutional Amendment #60--
Access to Health Care
SPECIFIC REQUEST S) OR RECCMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION:
Acknowledge receipt of the report of the County Administrator on
ACA 60, providing affordable access to health care for all
residents of California.
BACKGROUND:
On August 9, 1988, on the recommendation of Supervisor Powers,
the Board of Supervisors voted to support ACA 60 by Assemblyman
Hauser and others. ACA 60 would have provided every resident of
California a constitutionally guaranteed right to affordable
health care, would have required the Legislature to enact a
system of health care to implement this right, and would have
excluded from the appropriations subject to limitation (Gann
Limit) any expenditures made by any government entity in order to .
comply with the requirement that all residents have access to
affordable health care. ACA 60 would also have authorized the
Legislature to use a variety of revenue sources in order to
finance the system of health care.
ACA 60 passed the Assembly Finance and Insurance Committee on
June 21, 1988 by a vote of 12:7 . ACA 60 passed the Assembly
Elections, Reapportionment and Constitutional Amendments
Committee on June 29, 1988 by a vote of 6: 4. ACA 60 passed the
Assembly Ways and Means Committee August 3, 1988 by a vote of
13 : 8 .
On August 10, 1988, ACA 60 was put to a vote on the Assembly
floor. The bill received 43 "aye" votes, a clear majority of the
Assembly. Unfortunately, as a Constitutional Amendment, ACA 60
required a 2/3 "aye" vote ( 54 votes) to pass the Assembly. It
was, therefore, refused adoption on the Assembly floor.
Assemblymen Bates, Campbell and Isenberg voted "aye" on the
Assembly floor.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE;
X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION
NIYYyAOF BOARD COMMITTEE
_ X APPROVE OTHER
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ACTION OF BOARD ON November 29, 19881 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED N O V 2 9 1988
Health Services Director
PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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