S.Amdt. 1545

SA 1545. Ms. WARREN (for herself, Mr. Menendez, Ms. Duckworth, and
Ms. Hirono) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment
SA 1116 proposed by Mr. Enzi to the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res.
71, establishing the congressional budget for the United States
Government for fiscal year 2018 and setting forth the appropriate
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2019 through 2027; which was ordered
to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle A of title IV, add the following:

SEC. 41__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD HARM
BABIES BORN PREMATURELY BY CUTTING FEDERAL
FUNDING FOR MEDICAID THAT SUPPORTS MEDICATIONS,
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, AND THERAPIES TO HELP THESE
BABIES THRIVE AND PROTECTS THEIR FAMILIES FROM
BANKRUPTCY.

(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
harm babies born prematurely by cutting Federal funding for
the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), which supports medications,
special equipment, and therapies to help these babies thrive
and protects their families from bankruptcy.
(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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