[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 42 (Friday, March 5, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S1340]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1199. Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina submitted an amendment intended 
to be proposed 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 subtitle M of title IX and insert the following:

     SEC. ____. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF 
                   HHS FOR AUDITING AND INVESTIGATING FRAUD AND 
                   IMPROPER ACTIONS BY STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS 
                   RELATING TO LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES.

       In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
     appropriated to the Inspector General of the Department of 
     Health and Human Services, out of any money in the Treasury 
     not otherwise appropriated, $10,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended, to conduct, supervise, and coordinate audits 
     and investigations of allegations of fraud or other improper 
     actions by State and local government officials with respect 
     to long-term care facility residents and staff, including 
     through the inaccurate reporting of COVID-19-related 
     fatalities and through the implementation of policies 
     resulting in preventable COVID-19-related fatalities of long-
     term care facility residents and staff.
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