To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide women with affordable access to comprehensive health care, including preventive services (such as contraception and breast cancer screenings), improve maternal health, and ensure that a woman has the same benefits and services no matter what part of the United States she lives in, all of which is critical to improving the health and well-being of women, children, their families, and society as a whole, and is an essential part of a woman's economic security and opportunity.
What it does: Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ADVANCE WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE INTO THE 21ST CENTURY wherever appropriate
Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA)What it changes
1 change to S.Con.Res. 11
Adds SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ADVANCE WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE INTO THE 21ST CENTURY wherever appropriate
Adds a sectionInserted: SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ADVANCE WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.
Inserted: 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 for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to improving women's healthcare services, which may include measures to--
Inserted: (1) expand comprehensive preventive services, including full access to contraceptive coverage for all women;
Inserted: (2) invest in access to women's primary care by investing in nurse practitioners and other health care providers;
Inserted: (3) improve maternal safety and quality of care;
Inserted: (4) provide compassionate assistance through emergency contraception and awareness for survivors of rape; or
Inserted: (5) ensure that women have access, awareness, and are provided the full range of preventive services, including contraception, breast cancer screenings, mammograms, domestic violence screenings and counseling, and more as provided for by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act;
Inserted: by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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SA 812. Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mrs. Boxer, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Brown, and Mr. Franken) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 11, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2016 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2017 through 2025; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following:
SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND TO ADVANCE WOMEN'S HEALTH CARE INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.
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 for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to improving women's healthcare services, which may include measures to--
(1) expand comprehensive preventive services, including full access to contraceptive coverage for all women;
(2) invest in access to women's primary care by investing in nurse practitioners and other health care providers;
(3) improve maternal safety and quality of care;
(4) provide compassionate assistance through emergency contraception and awareness for survivors of rape; or
(5) ensure that women have access, awareness, and are provided the full range of preventive services, including contraception, breast cancer screenings, mammograms, domestic violence screenings and counseling, and more as provided for by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act;
by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over either the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2020 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2016 through 2025.
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Proposed amendment SA 812 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022)
March 27, 2015
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Proposed amendment SA 812 withdrawn in Senate. (consideration: CR 3/26/2015 S2022)
March 27, 2015
Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1960-1961)
March 26, 2015
Senate amendment submitted
March 25, 2015
Senate amendment proposed (on the floor): Amendment SA 812 proposed by Senator Sanders for Senator Murray.(consideration: CR S1873-1874; text: CR S1873)
March 25, 2015
Senate amendment submitted
March 25, 2015
Amendment SA 812 proposed by Senator Sanders for Senator Murray. (consideration: CR S1873-1874; text: CR S1873) To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to provide women with affordable access to comprehensive health care, including preventive services (such as contraception and breast cancer screenings), improve maternal health, and ensure that a woman has the same benefits and services no matter what part of the United States she lives in, all of which is critical to improving the health and well-being of women, children, their families, and society as a whole, and is an essential part of a woman's economic security and opportunity.
March 25, 2015