HR 1561

1	House Resolution
2	A resolution urging the Attorney General of the State of
3	Florida to file suit challenging the constitutionality of
4	any individual health care mandate passed into law by the
5	Federal Government.
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7	WHEREAS, the United States Constitution establishes a
8	limited federal government, as expressed in the Bill of Rights,
9	that protects the freedom of individuals and the rights of
10	states, and
11	WHEREAS, the United States Congress is currently debating
12	the issue of health care reform and legislation such as the
13	Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Senate H.R. 3590)
14	and the Affordable Health Care for America Act (House H.R.
15	3962), and
16	WHEREAS, the United States Congress is urged to enact
17	legislation that respects and recognizes the rights of
18	individuals, families, groups, and communities to make decisions
19	about their health care insurance and treatment options, and
20	WHEREAS, the "individual mandate" provision included in
21	Senate H.R. 3590, House H.R. 3962, and President Barack Obama's
22	health care plan requires all individuals to purchase health
23	insurance products and services, and
24	WHEREAS, such individual mandates are contrary to the
25	rights of a free and prosperous people and deny individuals the
26	right to make one of the most basic health care decisions for
27	themselves and their loved ones, and
28	WHEREAS, the United States Supreme Court has recognized
29	each individual's freedom to refuse health care treatment, and
30	WHEREAS, on January 19, 2010, Attorney General Bill
31	McCollum sent to Congressional leaders an analysis in which he
32	outlined the unconstitutionality of the individual healthcare
33	mandates, and
34	WHEREAS, according to his analysis, the United States
35	Congress does not possess the constitutional authority to compel
36	individuals under threat of government fines or taxes to
37	purchase an unwanted product or service simply as a condition of
38	living in this country, and
39	WHEREAS, if the individual mandate provision becomes law,
40	the Attorney General has stated that he will be compelled to
41	challenge the constitutionality of that provision, and other
42	states may also join in the challenge, NOW, THEREFORE,
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44	Be It Resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of
45	Florida:
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47	That the Attorney General of the State of Florida is urged
48	to file suit challenging the constitutionality of any individual
49	health care mandate passed into law by the Federal Government.
50	BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be
51	presented to the President of the United States, the President
52	of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States
53	House of Representatives, and each member of the Florida
54	Delegation to the United States Congress.

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