Text of Senate Amendment 1217

Text of Senate Amendment 1217

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1301] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 1217. 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 OF CARE FOR MEDICAID PATIENTS. (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 would increase the cost for States to care for Medicaid patients with cancer, Alzheimer's disease, 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 would result in coverage loss 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). ______