The bill he has proposed would raise $50,000 to $60,000 from the state.
The bill would raise that ceiling to $4,650 if the money were to be used for a car.
The bill would raise the minimum wage for the first time in eight years, to $4.55 an hour, up from $3.35.
They said the bill would raise coverage only from 85 to 88 percent.
The agency says the Republican bill would raise premiums by less than 1 percent.
A third general bill raised the benefits of all the forgotten volunteers.
The bill would raise their pay to at least $10 an hour by 2006.
The bill would have raised the fine to $10,000.
But a bill before the Legislature would raise state aid to $4.3 million.
The bill raises the limit to $2,000 from the current $1,000.