Introduced in the Senate on November 10, 2005, to allow local school districts to create regional employee health insurance purchasing pools with other districts, which would allow them to self-insure (not go through insurance companies). This would be made practical by Senate Bill 896, which would limit the pools' liability by shifting catastrophic claims to the state. Technically schools can create such pools now with state approval, but reportedly that approval is difficult to get and slow in coming
The vote was 24 in favor, 11 opposed and 3 not voting
(Senate Roll Call 642 at Senate Journal 107)
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