Reference is to Printer's Date 1/17/13-H.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking SECTIONS 2 and 3 of the bill in their entirety and inserting:
/SECTION 2. Chapter 71, Title 38 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 38-71-285.
(A) The State must not elect to
establish or operate an American health Benefit Exchange as
provided for in the federal 'Patient Protection and Affordable
Care Act' of 2010 or federal regulations promulgated pursuant to
that act.
(B) The State must not
establish a governmental agency or nonprofit entity to operate
an American Health Benefit Exchange as provided for in the
federal 'Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act' of 2010 or
federal regulations promulgated pursuant to that act.
(C) The state must not
participate in a regional exchange as provided for in the
federal 'Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act' of 2010 or
federal regulations promulgated pursuant to that act."
SECTION 3. The Department of Insurance shall make public the recommendations and full report 'Improving the Health Care Marketplace in South Carolina' on its website.
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval of the Governor with the exception of Section 2, which does not take effect until the Department of Insurance completes the requirements of Section 3 of this act. /
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.