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STATE OF WYOMING
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. SJ0010
Right of health care access-constitutional amendment.
Sponsored by: Senator(s) Rothfuss, Barlow and Case and Representative(s) Provenza, Yin and Zwonitzer, Dn
A JOINT RESOLUTION
for
1 A JOINT RESOLUTION proposing to amend the Wyoming
2 Constitution to eliminate the legislature's express authority
3 to determine reasonable and necessary restrictions on a
4 person's right to make health care decisions and direct
5 payment for health care.
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7 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING,
8 two-thirds of all the members of the two houses, voting
9 separately, concurring therein:
10
11 Section 1. The following amendment to the Wyoming
12 Constitution is proposed for submission to the electors of
13 the State of Wyoming at the next general election for approval
14 or rejection to become valid as a part of the Constitution if
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1 ratified by a majority of the electors at the election. The
2 amendment is to repeal Article 1, Section 38(c).
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4 Section 2. That the Secretary of State shall endorse
5 the following statement on the proposed amendment:
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7 The adoption of this amendment expands the existing
8 individual right of health care access by eliminating the
9 legislature's express authority to determine reasonable and
10 necessary restrictions on a person's right to make health
11 care decisions and direct payment for health care.
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13 (END)
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