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| | | An Act To Provide Group Health Insurance Coverage to Maine |
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| | | Citizens Eligible for Assistance Under the Federal Trade |
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| | | Adjustment Assistance Reform Act of 2002 |
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| | | Emergency preamble. Whereas, Acts of the Legislature do not become | | effective until 90 days after adjournment unless enacted as | | emergencies; and |
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| | | Whereas, workers displaced by foreign trade competition face | | hardship in obtaining affordable, comprehensive health care | | coverage for themselves and their dependents; and |
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| | | Whereas, the federal government has created a program of health | | coverage tax credits to assist such workers in the purchase of | | health care coverage; and |
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| | | Whereas, this legislation is necessary to facilitate the | | implementation of the federal program; and |
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| | | Whereas, in the judgment of the Legislature, these facts create | | an emergency within the meaning of the Constitution of Maine and | | require the following legislation as immediately necessary for | | the preservation of the public peace, health and safety; now, | | therefore, |
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| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §285, sub-§11 is enacted to read: |
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