S.Amdt. 4

SA 4. Mr. COONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him
to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 3, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2017 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2018 through 2026; 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 CONTINUED
FEDERAL FUNDING FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PROVIDED
TO NEWLY ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.

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 ensuring that Federal funding for medical
assistance provided by States under the Medicaid program to
low-income, non-elderly individuals under the eligibility
option established by the Affordable Care Act in section
1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII)) remains available to the same
extent that such funding was available for fiscal year 2016
until a replacement plan that provides such individuals with
the same or greater level of access to similarly affordable
and comprehensive health care benefits is signed into law 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 2017
through 2021 or the period of the total of fiscal years 2017
through 2026.
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