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2005 Senate Bill 849 (Mandate BCBS “wellness” plans ) (House Roll Call 972)

Motion by Rep. Chris Ward (R) on September 13, 2006, to give the bill immediate effect. The motion failed in the House (71 to 35) on September 13, 2006. [History, Amendments & Comments]

The vote was 71 in favor, 35 opposed, and 1 not voting
(House Roll Call 972 at House Journal 80)

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49 total votes
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The following legislators supported the motion:

Accavitti (D) Acciavatti (R) Amos (R) Angerer (D) Ball (R) Baxter (R)
Booher (R) Brandenburg (R) Byrnes (D) Casperson (R) Caswell (R) Caul (R)
DeRoche (R) Donigan (D) Drolet (R) Elsenheimer (R) Emmons (R) Espinoza (D)
Farhat (R) Gaffney (R) Garfield (R) Gosselin (R) Green (R) Hansen (R)
Hildenbrand (R) Hoogendyk (R) Huizenga (R) Hummel (R) Hune (R) Hunter (D)
Jones, Rick (R) Kahn (R) Kolb (D) Kooiman (R) LaJoy (R) Law, David (R)
Lipsey (D) Marleau (R) McDowell (D) Meyer (R) Moolenaar (R) Moore (R)
Mortimer (R) Newell (R) Nitz (R) Nofs (R) Palmer (R) Palsrok (R)
Pastor (R) Pavlov (R) Pearce (R) Proos (R) Robertson (R) Rocca (R)
Sak (D) Schuitmaker (R) Shaffer (R) Sheen (R) Sheltrown (D) Spade (D)
Stahl (R) Stakoe (R) Steil (R) Stewart (R) Taub (R) Tobocman (D)
Van Regenmorter (R) Vander Veen (R) Walker (R) Ward (R) Wenke (R)  

The following legislators opposed the motion:

Adamini (D) Anderson (D) Bennett (D) Bieda (D) Brown (D) Byrum (D)
Cheeks (D) Clack (D) Clemente (D) Condino (D) Cushingberry (D) Dillon (D)
Farrah (D) Gillard (D) Gleason (D) Gonzales (D) Hood (D) Hopgood (D)
Law, Kathleen (D) Leland (D) Lemmons, III (D) Lemmons, Jr. (D) Mayes (D) Meisner (D)
Miller (D) Murphy (D) Plakas (D) Polidori (D) Smith, Alma (D) Smith, Virgil (D)
Vagnozzi (D) Waters (D) Williams (D) Wojno (D) Zelenko (D)  

The following legislators did not vote on the motion:

McConico (D)

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1) 2005 Senate Bill 849 (Mandate BCBS “wellness” plans ) [by admin on January 1, 2001]
Introduced in the Senate on October 27, 2005, to allow Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) to provide “wellness plans” to group insurance sponsors (employers) in which a rebate of up to 10 percent would be paid at the end of the year if the majority of employees have enrolled in a health wellness, maintenance, or improvement program offered by the employer, and maintenance or improvement of the employees’ health status can be demonstrated by health status indicators agreed by the employer and BCBS. Also, to allow BCBS to offer a similar plan to those who purchase individual coverage, which would require the individual and his or her family to participate in a "wellness" program sponsored by BCBS

The vote was 36 in favor, 2 opposed and 0 not voting

(Senate Roll Call 300 at Senate Journal 43)

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