S.Amdt. 1927

SA 1927. Mrs. SHAHEEN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the concurrent resolution H. Con. Res. 14, establishing the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal
years 2026 through 2034; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO FEDERAL
FUNDING FOR RURAL HOSPITALS AND HEALTH CARE
PROVIDERS.

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
preserving access to health care in rural communities, which
may include ensuring funding, including funding for Medicare
and Medicaid, is not reduced for all rural health providers,
including rural hospitals, physicians, long-term care
providers, or other health care providers operating in rural
areas, or ensuring Federal staffing is sufficient to process
reimbursement for procedures and other administrative
requirements by the amounts provided in such legislation for
those purposes, provided that such legislation would not
increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal
years 2025 through 2034.
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