S.Amdt. 59

SA 59. Mr. KING 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 MENTAL
HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER HEALTH CARE
COVERAGE.

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 the provision of health care for mental health
and substance use disorders by ensuring that such care is
included as essential health benefits and providing Federal
parity protections for mental health and substance use
disorders 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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