[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1248]
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  SA 837. Ms. ROSEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2026 through 2034; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place in title IV, add the following:

     SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST INCREASING THE COST FOR 
                   STATES TO CARE FOR MEDICAID PATIENTS WITH 
                   CANCER, ALZHEIMER'S OR OTHER FORMS OF DEMENTIA, 
                   DIABETES, TRAUMATIC INJURIES SUSTAINED FROM CAR 
                   ACCIDENTS, FARMING ACCIDENTS, OR OTHER 
                   ACCIDENTAL INJURIES REQUIRING EMERGENCY 
                   RESPONSE AND HOSPITALIZATION, HEART DISEASE OR 
                   STROKE, OR RESULT IN LESS COVERAGE OR HIGHER 
                   HEALTH CARE COSTS FOR PATIENTS WITH ANY OF 
                   THESE CONDITIONS.

       (a) Point of Order.--It shall not be in order in the Senate 
     to consider any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, 
     amendment between the Houses, or conference report that 
     increases the cost for States to care for Medicaid patients 
     with cancer, Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia, 
     diabetes, traumatic injuries sustained from car accidents, 
     farming accidents, or other accidental injuries requiring 
     emergency response and hospitalization, heart disease or 
     stroke, or result in less coverage or higher health care 
     costs for patients with any of these conditions.
       (b) Waiver and Appeal.--Subsection (a) may be waived or 
     suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-
     fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn. An affirmative 
     vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly 
     chosen and sworn, shall be required to sustain an appeal of 
     the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under 
     subsection (a).
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