[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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