[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Pages S218-S219]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 101. Mr. BENNET 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 ENSURING 
                   THAT THE TOP 15 PERCENT SICKEST MEDICARE 
                   BENEFICIARIES WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS HAVE 
                   ACCESS TO MEDICARE ACCOUNTABLE CARE 
                   ORGANIZATIONS OR OTHER INNOVATIVE MEDICARE 
                   PILOT PROGRAMS, INCLUDING PATIENT-CENTERED 
                   MEDICAL HOMES.

       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 ensuring that the top 15 percent sickest Medicare 
     beneficiaries with chronic conditions have access to Medicare 
     accountable care organizations or other innovative Medicare 
     pilot programs, including patient-centered medical homes, 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

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     2021 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2017 through 
     2026.
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