[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3148 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3148

To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of 
                       preventive health savings.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 9, 2009

 Mrs. Christensen (for herself, Ms. Lee of California, Mrs. Capps, Mr. 
   Ellison, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. 
  Kilpatrick of Michigan, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Ms. Eddie Bernice 
Johnson of Texas, Ms. Watson, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Butterfield, 
 Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Watt, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Mr. Payne, Mr. Carson 
 of Indiana, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Davis of Alabama, Ms. Clarke, 
Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Waters, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Towns, Ms. 
Bordallo, Mr. Conyers, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Scott of Virginia, 
Mr. Rush, Ms. Norton, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Scott of Georgia, Mr. 
Weiner, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Ms. Richardson, Ms. Edwards of Maryland, 
 Mr. Pallone, Ms. Fudge, Ms. Matsui, Ms. Corrine Brown of Florida, and 
Ms. Roybal-Allard) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                      the Committee on the Budget

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of 
                       preventive health savings.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SCORING OF PREVENTIVE HEALTH SAVINGS.

    Section 202 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act 
of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 602) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection:
    ``(h) Scoring of Preventive Health Savings.--
            ``(1) Determination by the director.--Upon a request by the 
        chairman or ranking minority member of the Committee on the 
        Budget of the Senate, or by the chairman or ranking minority 
        member of the Committee on the Budget of the House of 
        Representatives, the Director shall determine if a proposed 
        measure would result in reductions in budget outlays in 
        budgetary outyears through the use of preventive health and 
        preventive health services.
            ``(2) Projections.--If the Director determines that a 
        measure would result in substantial reductions in budget 
        outlays as described in paragraph (1), the Director--
                    ``(A) shall include, in any projection prepared by 
                the Director, a description and estimate of the 
                reductions in budget outlays in the budgetary outyears 
                and a description of the basis for such conclusions; 
                and
                    ``(B) may prepare a budget projection that includes 
                some or all of the budgetary outyears, notwithstanding 
                the time periods for projections described in 
                subsection (e) and sections 308, 402, and 424.
            ``(3) Definitions.--As used in this subsection--
                    ``(A) the term `preventive health' means an action 
                that focuses on the health of the public, individuals 
                and defined populations in order to protect, promote, 
                and maintain health and wellness and prevent disease, 
                disability, and premature death that is demonstrated by 
                credible and publicly available epidemiological 
                projection models, incorporating clinical trials or 
                observational studies in humans, to avoid future health 
                care costs; and
                    ``(B) the term `budgetary outyears' means the 2 
                consecutive 10-year periods beginning with the first 
                fiscal year that is 10 years after the budget year 
                provided for in the most recently agreed to concurrent 
                resolution on the budget.''.
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