[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1287]
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  SA 1121. Mr. PADILLA (for himself, Mr. Murphy, and Mr. Welch) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 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 end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO 
                   PROTECTING MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND SUICIDE 
                   PREVENTION RESOURCES FOR PATIENTS WITH PRIVATE 
                   HEALTH INSURANCE.

       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 
     protecting mental health care and suicide prevention 
     resources, which may include prohibiting cuts that would 
     impact the ability of the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary 
     of Health and Human Services, or the Secretary of the 
     Treasury to enforce mental health parity rules to strengthen 
     equitable access to mental health benefits as compared to 
     medical and surgical benefits, by the amounts provided in 
     such legislation for those purposes, provided that such 
     legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of 
     the total of fiscal years 2025 through 2034.
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