2003-2004 Bill 5191: Cover the Uninsured Week - South Carolina Legislature Online

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 115th Session, 2003-2004 3 4 H. 5191 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Concurrent Resolution 9 Sponsors: Rep. Hamilton 10 Document Path: l:\council\bills\gjk\21249sd04.doc 11 12 Introduced in the House on April 29, 2004 13 Introduced in the Senate on April 29, 2004 14 Adopted by the General Assembly on May 6, 2004 15 16 Summary: Cover the Uninsured Week 17 18 19 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 20 21 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 22 4/29/2004 House Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate HJ-3 23 4/29/2004 Senate Introduced SJ-17 24 4/29/2004 Senate Referred to Committee on General SJ-17 25 5/6/2004 Senate Recalled from Committee on General SJ-3 26 5/6/2004 Senate Adopted, returned to House with concurrence SJ-3 27 28 29 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 30 31 4/29/2004 32 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10 11 TO RECOGNIZE THE URGENCY OF FINDING SOLUTIONS 12 TO THE PROBLEM OF THE LACK OF HEALTH INSURANCE 13 BY MANY SOUTH CAROLINIANS AND TO DECLARE THE 14 WEEK OF MAY 10-16, 2004, AS “COVER THE UNINSURED 15 WEEK” IN THIS STATE. 16 17 Whereas, five hundred thousand South Carolinians do not have 18 health care coverage; and 19 20 Whereas, eight out of ten of the uninsured are in working families 21 that cannot afford health insurance and are not eligible for public 22 programs; and 23 24 Whereas, uninsured South Carolinians live with more illnesses and 25 die younger because they are forced to go without the health care 26 they need; and 27 28 Whereas, a slow economy, higher unemployment, and rising 29 health care costs mean that more South Carolinians are becoming 30 uninsured in our State; and 31 32 Whereas, the members of the General Assembly believe that 33 solutions to this situation should be found so that as many South 34 Carolinians as possible can become covered. Now, therefore, 35 36 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate 37 concurring: 38 39 That the members of the General Assembly recognize the urgency 40 of finding solutions to the problem of the lack of health insurance 41 by many South Carolinians and declare the week of May 10-16, 42 2004, as “Cover the Uninsured Week” in this State.

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