| Resolution Number: | 1985-C046 |
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| Title: | Request a Study of Family Health Care for Retired Clergy |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred As Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That this General Convention request the Church Pension Fund to conduct a study, and if possible to make a proposal to all Dioceses and to retired and non-parochial clergy, who are eligible for Medicare and Medicaid, of a low-cost program of family health care for retired and non-parochial clergy; and be it further
Resolved, That this study be conducted as soon as possible, certainly no later than the 1988 meeting of the General Convention.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 1985 (New York: General Convention, 1986), p. 156. |
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Legislative History
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Committee on Church Pension Fund |
House of Deputies
Original Text of Resolution:
(C046)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That this General Convention instruct the Church Pension Fund, or its subsidiary, the Church Insurance Corporation, to conduct a study, and if possible to make a proposal to all Dioceses and to retired and non-parochial clergy, of a low-cost program of family health care for retired and non-parochial clergy; and be it further
Resolved, That this study be conducted as soon as possible, certainly no later than the 1988 meeting of the General Convention.
Proposed Committee Amendment:
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring, That this General Convention instruct request the Church Pension Fund, or its subsidiary, the Church Insurance Corporation, to conduct a study, and if possible to make a proposal to all Dioceses and to retired and non-parochial clergy who are eligible for Medicare or Medicaid, of a low-cost program of family health care for retired and non-parochial clergy; and be it further
Resolved, That this study be conducted as soon as possible, certainly no later than the 1988 meeting of the General Convention.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #42)
House of Bishops
The following message was received from the House of Deputies:
HD Message #42: C046 Amended (Clergy Family Health Care).
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #72)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, September 9.
| Abstract: | The 68th General Convention requests the Church Pension Fund to propose a low-cost health care program for clergy eligible for Medicaid and Medicare. |
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