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Bill: TIP IV - Health Reforms Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Old Guard Party (CГП)
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: September 3270
Description[?]:
| Upon the passage of this Act, the following proposals shall become law. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards alcoholic beverages.
Old value:: The sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages is outlawed.
Current: Alcoholic beverages may be purchased only from licensed sales outlets, and can only be available to adults.
Proposed: Alcoholic beverages are regulated by local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Food safety policy.
Old value:: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Current: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Proposed: Local governments determine food safety standards.
Article 3
Proposal[?] to change Licensing of food sales.
Old value:: Food may be sold by licensed vendors only, and shelf lives of foods are enforced.
Current: Food may be sold by licensed vendors only, and shelf lives of foods are enforced.
Proposed: The licensing of food sale is left for local governments to decide.
Article 4
Proposal[?] to change Health care policy.
Old value:: Health care is entirely public and free; private clinics are banned.
Current: There is a public health care system, but private clinics are allowed.
Proposed: Local governments decide about healthcare policies
Article 5
Proposal[?] to change Health and safety legislation for industry.
Old value:: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Current: The government introduces and actively regulates health and safety legislation in all areas of industry.
Proposed: Health and safety laws are to be determined by local governments.
Article 6
Proposal[?] to change Government policy towards smoking.
Old value:: Smoking is prohibited.
Current: Smoking is legal everywhere, at the discretion of the property owner. However, service/employer property owners that allow smoking must provide a separate non-smoking section.
Proposed: Smoking regulations are to be determined by local governments.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 10:10:29, March 05, 2012 CET | From |  Trudovaja Partija | To | Debating the TIP IV - Health Reforms Act |
| Message | И зачем нам это? |
| Date | 03:12:05, March 06, 2012 CET | From | Old Guard Party (CГП) | To | Debating the TIP IV - Health Reforms Act |
| Message | 1. Crime has certainly increased: the prohibition of alcohol and tobacco is nothing more than an ill-judged measure; history has proven that such laws can only lead to flagrant disregard for the law, lack of respect for government through the refusal to follow laws, increase in the population who are deemed criminals but who under normal circumstances would be law-abiding citizens, the increase in violence as organized crime groups battle over new sources of revenue, and the general increase in the cost of these vices which will serve to merely bankrupt those who engage in those activities. 2. Local governments are closer to the people and therefore better able to determine important legislation for their communities as well as more closely watch the budgets & expenditures of their governments. Local government is beautiful. We Imperialists find it odd that the Communists do not support the ability of the people to judge for themselves their own health care laws through local government as well as their abilities to determine the intake of alcohol and tobacco products. This general disregard for the ability of the people to decide reveals the Communists lack of respect and trust in the people they claim to "lead". Apparently, just like "father", Communists "know best". |
| Date | 04:28:41, March 06, 2012 CET | From | Trudovaja Partija | To | Debating the TIP IV - Health Reforms Act |
| Message | У нас такие реформы уже были в 90-х. И знаете к чему это привело? К полному развалу системы здравоохранения. До сих пор восстановится не можем. |
| Date | 04:48:17, March 06, 2012 CET | From | Old Guard Party (CГП) | To | Debating the TIP IV - Health Reforms Act |
| Message | This is not your country, this is Trigunia. It long had these policies (for nearly 200 years) before the TPT changed it to a centralized nanny welfare state! Power to the people! Power to the Oblasts! |
| Date | 04:50:40, March 06, 2012 CET | From | Old Guard Party (CГП) | To | Debating the TIP IV - Health Reforms Act |
| Message | OOC: Oh, also, my country (USA) had a ten year period of prohibition of alcohol ... yea, that did not turn out so well. Everything that i identified ( and more) were the results of prohibition. Besides, should Trigunians have the freedom to decide for themselves or should they have someone telling them how to behave and what to consume. It seems like unnecessary micromanagement to me. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | |
| yes |
Total Seats: 437 | |
| no |
Total Seats: 13 | |
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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