[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 168 (Wednesday, October 18, 2017)]
[Senate]
[Page S6583]
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SA 1354. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1116 proposed by Mr. Enzi to the concurrent resolution
H. Con. Res. 71, establishing the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027; 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 ADVANCING
WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.
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,
and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or
more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between
the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
improving women's health care services, which may include
measures such as--
(1) expanding awareness regarding, and expanding access
without cost-sharing to, the full range of preventive
services for all women, such as contraception, breast cancer
screenings, mammograms, domestic violence screenings and
counseling, lactation support and counseling, screening for
gestational diabetes, testing for and counseling on sexually
transmitted infections, and well-women visits, as provided
for under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
(Public Law 111-148);
(2) supporting access to women's primary care by investing
in nurse practitioners and other health care providers;
(3) improving maternal safety and quality of care;
(4) requiring coverage without cost-sharing of any over-
the-counter oral contraception approved or regulated by the
Food and Drug Administration, and ensuring that any retailer
that stocks oral contraception for routine, daily use
approved or regulated by the Food and Drug Administration for
use without a prescription may not interfere with an
individual's access to or purchase of such contraception; or
(5) providing compassionate assistance through medically-
accurate information and services, including emergency
contraception and forensic medical examinations for survivors
of rape,
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 2018 through 2022 or the period of the total of fiscal
years 2018 through 2027.
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