Sentences with phrase «cost impact of the legislation»

Shortly before the final vote, language was added to the bill that limits the cost impact of the legislation on all business classes at 1.3 % compared with 2015 rates.

Not exact matches

It is not clear enough to permit the kind of careful quantitative analysis of budget costs, economic impacts and distributional implications that precedes legislation in a serious country.

He is also co-sponsoring legislation that would require the New York State Health Care Quality and Cost Containment Commission to submit a report to the governor and the legislature on the impact on health insurance costs of requiring coverage of these diseases.

Supporting commercial lines businesses Progress on fixed fees for costs of noise - induced hearing loss claims Support for fair compensation for mesothelioma sufferers Expansion of the Insurance Fraud Bureau's scope to commercial liability Campaigning for solutions fit for our future Our Flood Free Homes campaign Forward thinking policy for data and cyber Engaging Government to support the role of income protection Delivery of Flood Re, a world first solution for affordable flood cover Fighting fraud Partnering with Government on the Insurance Fraud Taskforce Renewing the Insurance Fraud Enforcement Department Securing new insurer access to the DVLA registered owners database Influencing sensible regulation On Solvency II, we: Secured changes to secondary legislation Clarified treatment of deferred tax Negotiated a favourable calibration of the EIOPA's fundamental spread Supporting insurance businesses Pushing for sensible development of global capital standards Securing better targeted tax legislation Managing the impact of international financial reporting standards.

Oddly, as I pointed out earlier, the Friends of Coal industry front group is not attacking the legislation's impacts on coal — instead going for a general criticism of potential increases in energy costs to consumers. And as I've also pointed out, the United Mine Workers union concluded the bill ensured that «the future of coal will be intact (but still withheld its endorsement, seeking more concessions for coal companies and coal - fired utilities).

Risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to, general industry conditions and competition; general economic factors, including interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations; the impact of pharmaceutical industry regulation and health care legislation in the United States and internationally; global trends toward health care cost containment; technological advances, new products and patents attained by competitors; challenges inherent in new product development, including obtaining regulatory approval; Merck's ability to accurately predict future market conditions; manufacturing difficulties or delays; financial instability of international economies and sovereign risk; dependence on the effectiveness of Merck's patents and other protections for innovative products; and the exposure to litigation, including patent litigation, and / or regulatory actions.

Risks and uncertainties include but are not limited to, general industry conditions and competition; general economic factors, including interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations; the impact of pharmaceutical industry regulation and health care legislation in the United States and internationally; global trends toward health care cost containment; technological advances, new products and patents attained by competitors; challenges inherent in new product development, including obtaining regulatory approval; the company's ability to accurately predict future market conditions; manufacturing difficulties or delays; financial instability of international economies and sovereign risk; dependence on the effectiveness of the company's patents and other protections for innovative products; and the exposure to litigation, including patent litigation, and / or regulatory actions.

introduced legislation directing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to study the environmental impact of black carbon and the most cost - effective ways to reduce its emissions to improve public health and reduce global warming.

An unfortunate aspect of economic analyses of the impacts of carbon pricing is that they usually only consider the costs of such legislation, while ignoring the benefits associated with slowing global warming.

Energy modelers evaluating the impact of legislation such as Senator Bingaman's American Clean Energy Leadership Act and the American Power Act proposed by Senators Kerry and Lieberman should take note for their models most likely are underestimating the cost of compliance by incorrectly modeling the integration of wind power into the electricity grid.

(2) any such protocol or other agreement which would require the advice and consent of the Senate to ratification should be accompanied by a detailed explanation of any legislation or regulatory actions that may be required to implement the protocol or other agreement and should also be accompanied by an analysis of the detailed financial costs and other impacts on the economy of the United States which would be incurred by the implementation of the protocol or other agreement.

Externalities may be addressed by either a tax / credit or some other public policy, public ownership and management of the commons, or privatization of the commons, or through court actions — each option may have it's own costs — for example, the large - scale privatization of the climate system may be impractical with given technology (analogy with toll roads), and even without that, it has at least an aesthetic cost (nature is supposed to be nature; and psychologically, humans may benifit from some amount of public space) and perhaps scientific (ie nature — in this context, nature as it is with relatively small impacts of humankind — is not nature if it is not being itself) costs; there may be inefficiencies in the court system that could be bypassed for issues that are easily addressed with legislation (unless we had a class - action lawsuit on behalf of all people now until the year).

But any cap - and - trade legislation faces a steep climb in the Senate, where Democrats from energy - producing states have expressed concerns about the cost and impact of the bill on consumers and industry.

Even minor secondary legislation generally carries with it an estimate of costs and any impact on protected groups.

When considering changes to labour and employment standards legislation, BC policy - makers need to be mindful of the cost impact on employers, pay attention to developments in other jurisdictions, and avoid taking actions that could jeopardize the strong economic growth and robust job creation the province has enjoyed in recent years.

This evaluation includes examining impacts across all of the domains in the legislation as well as a detailed cost and implementation study.

[41] Interestingly, a detailed fiscal impact report on the bill prepared by the state Legislative Finance Committee poses a series of questions about processes and costs under the legislation, including the hourly wages of instructors, and thoroughly describes the existing stresses in the TANF program that have led to cuts in payments to meet a caseload that has grown by 47 percent since June 2008.