[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 20 (Wednesday, February 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S353]
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SA 194. Mr. SASSE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 5, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2021 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2022 through 2030; 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 IMPROVING
HEALTH CARE BY EXPANDING ELIGIBILITY FOR HEALTH
SAVINGS ACCOUNTS BY ELIMINATING THE TIE TO A
HIGH-DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLAN.
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 health care by expanding eligibility for health
savings accounts, which may include eliminating the
requirement that individuals be enrolled in a high-deductible
health plan and instead allowing enrollment in any plan with
benefits that are actuarially equivalent to not greater than
80 percent of the full actuarial value of the benefits
provided under the plan, 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 2021 through 2025 or the
period of the total of fiscal years 2021 through 2030.
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