S.Amdt. 712

SA 712. Mr. GRASSLEY 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 end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 3___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO REDUCING
SOCIAL ISOLATION IN NURSING HOMES BY
ENCOURAGING THE USE OF TECHNOLOGIES TO ENSURE
THAT NURSING HOME RESIDENTS CAN COMMUNICATE
WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS.

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,
and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or
more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between
the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to
reducing social isolation in nursing facilities and skilled
nursing facilities which may include encouraging the use of
technologies to promote virtual visitation and to ensure that
nursing home residents can communicate with friends and
family members, 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 2021 through 2025 or the period of the total of
fiscal years 2021 through 2030.
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