To create a point of order against legislation that would reduce access to substance use disorder treatment and worsen the opioid abuse epidemic.

SA 63. Mr. MANCHIN (for himself, Ms. Baldwin, Mr. Markey, Mr. Durbin,
Ms. Hassan, Mr. Brown, Mr. Udall, Ms. Klobuchar, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr.
Leahy, Mr. King, Mrs. Gillibrand, Mr. Whitehouse, Mr. Carper, Mrs.
Feinstein, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Donnelly, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Warner, Mr.
Cardin, Mrs. Shaheen, and Mr. Van Hollen) 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 IV, add the following:

SEC. 4__. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
REDUCE ACCESS TO SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER
PREVENTION, TREATMENT, AND RECOVERY SERVICES
AND WORSEN THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC.

(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
reduce the expansion of access to substance use disorder
prevention, treatment, and recovery services established
through the expansion of the Medicaid program under section
XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) and
the consumer protections in the health insurance market,
including protections for individuals with pre-existing
conditions, the establishment of mental health and substance
use disorder services as essential health benefits, the
requirement that preventive services such as substance use
disorder screenings be covered without cost-sharing at the
point of service, and the expansion of mental health parity
and addiction equity law to cover health plans in the
individual market, and in so doing, worsen the opioid
epidemic.
(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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