[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S161]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 55. Mr. BOOKER (for himself, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Brown, Mrs. Murray, 
Mr. Van Hollen, and Ms. Warren) submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 3, setting 
forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for 
fiscal year 2017 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for 
fiscal years 2018 through 2026; which was ordered to lie on the table; 
as follows:

       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   ENCOURAGING PRIMARY HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS TO 
                   PARTICIPATE IN THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.

       The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate 
     may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, 
     aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution 
     for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, 
     amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports 
     relating to encouraging primary health care providers, 
     including board-certified family physicians, to participate 
     in the Medicaid program and provide important primary care 
     services to beneficiaries, through measures such as 
     reinstating the enhanced matching rate for primary care 
     services, by the amounts provided in such legislation for 
     those purposes, provided that such legislation would not 
     increase the deficit over either the period of the total of 
     fiscal years 2017 through 2021 or the period of the total of 
     fiscal years 2017 through 2026.

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