S.Amdt. 202

SA 202. Mr. SCOTT, of South Carolina submitted an amendment intended
to be proposed by him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 5,
setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government
for fiscal year 2021 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels
for fiscal years 2022 through 2030; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title IV, add the following:

SEC. 4___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST COVID-19 RELATED
LEGISLATION THAT FAILS TO PROTECT SENIORS FROM
IRRESPONSIBLE STATE NURSING HOME POLICIES.

(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 does
not direct the Office of the Inspector General, the
Government Accountability Office, or the Centers for Medicare
and Medicaid Services, as applicable, to impose appropriate
enforcement penalties against States that violated Federal
guidelines by requiring the discharge of patients with an
active COVID-19 infection from hospitals to long-term care
facilities, leading to preventable outbreaks and deaths.
(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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