[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 42 (Friday, March 5, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S1295]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1030. Mr. SCOTT, of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr. 
Daines, and Mr. Lankford) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 891 
proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr. 
Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester, 
Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to 
the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II 
of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        Strike section 9818 and insert the following:

     SEC. 9818. FUNDING FOR STATE STRIKE TEAMS FOR RESIDENT AND 
                   EMPLOYEE SAFETY IN NURSING FACILITIES.

       Section 1919 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r) 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     subsections:
       ``(k) Funding for State Strike Teams.--In addition to 
     amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the 
     Secretary, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise 
     appropriated, $250,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, for purposes of allocating such amount among the 
     States (including the District of Columbia and each territory 
     of the United States) for such a State to establish and 
     implement a strike team that will be deployed to a nursing 
     facility in the State with diagnosed or suspected cases of 
     COVID-19 among residents or staff for the purposes of 
     assisting with clinical care, infection control, or staffing 
     during the emergency period described in section 
     1135(g)(1)(B) and the 1-year period immediately following the 
     end of such emergency period.
       ``(l) Limitation.--The Secretary shall not make an 
     allocation under subsection (k) to a State unless the State, 
     for each month that occurs during the period that begins on 
     October 1, 2020, and ends on the last day of the 1-year 
     period described in such subsection, provides accurate 
     monthly reporting to the Secretary on the number of COVID-19 
     deaths of residents of nursing facilities and skilled nursing 
     facilities (as defined in 1819(a)) and certifies that such 
     deaths are not included in counts of COVID-19 deaths in other 
     settings. The Secretary shall rescind any amounts previously 
     allocated to a State under subsection (k) if the State fails 
     to comply with the requirement of this subsection.''.
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