To improve the bill.

SA 1030. Mr. SCOTT, of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. Barrasso, Mr.
Daines, and Mr. Lankford) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 891
proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs. Murray, Mr.
Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Tester,
Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Sanders) to
the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II
of S. Con. Res. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Strike section 9818 and insert the following:

SEC. 9818. FUNDING FOR STATE STRIKE TEAMS FOR RESIDENT AND
EMPLOYEE SAFETY IN NURSING FACILITIES.

Section 1919 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r)
is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsections:
``(k) Funding for State Strike Teams.--In addition to
amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the
Secretary, out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, $250,000,000, to remain available until
expended, for purposes of allocating such amount among the
States (including the District of Columbia and each territory
of the United States) for such a State to establish and
implement a strike team that will be deployed to a nursing
facility in the State with diagnosed or suspected cases of
COVID-19 among residents or staff for the purposes of
assisting with clinical care, infection control, or staffing
during the emergency period described in section
1135(g)(1)(B) and the 1-year period immediately following the
end of such emergency period.
``(l) Limitation.--The Secretary shall not make an
allocation under subsection (k) to a State unless the State,
for each month that occurs during the period that begins on
October 1, 2020, and ends on the last day of the 1-year
period described in such subsection, provides accurate
monthly reporting to the Secretary on the number of COVID-19
deaths of residents of nursing facilities and skilled nursing
facilities (as defined in 1819(a)) and certifies that such
deaths are not included in counts of COVID-19 deaths in other
settings. The Secretary shall rescind any amounts previously
allocated to a State under subsection (k) if the State fails
to comply with the requirement of this subsection.''.
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