S.Amdt. 95

SA 95. Mr. MARKEY (for himself, Mr. Franken, and Mr. Brown) 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
PENALIZE STATES FOR IMPROVING CONTINUITY
BETWEEN CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC HEALTH
SYSTEMS.

(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
penalize States for improving the continuity of care between
the criminal justice and public health systems, including by
ensuring that individuals who are enrolled in a State
Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) have their enrollment in such
program suspended, but not terminated, in the event that they
are incarcerated, or by providing for the automatic

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enrollment of eligible individuals in a State Medicaid
program upon their release from incarceration.
(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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