Second Regular Session
              Sixty-eighth General Assembly
                    STATE OF COLORADO
                                                 INTRODUCED
                                                           
                                                           
 LLS NO. 12-0500.01 Kristen Forrestal x4217SENATE BILL 12-053
                   SENATE SPONSORSHIP
 Neville, 
 
                    HOUSE SPONSORSHIP
 Looper, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Senate Committees
 House Committees
 
 
 Health and Human Services
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                         A BILL FOR AN ACT
       Concerning the repeal of the "Colorado Health Benefit
            Exchange Act" if any part of the "Patient Protection
            and Affordable Care Act" as amended by the "Health
            Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010" is
            ruled unconstitutional.
       
       
                           Bill Summary
       
            (Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced and does
       not reflect any amendments that may be subsequently adopted. If this bill
       passes third reading in the house of introduction, a bill summary that
       applies to the reengrossed version of this bill will be available at
       http://www.leg.state.co.us/billsummaries.)
       
            The bill repeals the "Colorado Health Benefit Exchange Act" if the
       "Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act" as amended by the "Health
       Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010" (federal act) is repealed
       or the United States supreme court rules that all or any part of the federal
       act is unconstitutional.
       
       
       
       Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
            SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, add 10-22-109 as
       follows:
            10-22-109.  Repeal of article. If the federal act is repealed
       or the United States supreme court rules that all or any part
       of the federal act is unconstitutional, including the
       establishment of the health benefit exchanges and the
       individual mandate to purchase health insurance, the governor,
       after consultation with the attorney general, shall report this
       fact in writing to the revisor of statutes. Upon receipt by the
       revisor of statutes of the written report, this article is
       repealed.
            SECTION 2.  Safety clause. The general assembly hereby finds,
       determines, and declares that this act is necessary for the immediate
       preservation of the public peace, health, and safety.