S.Amdt. 876

SA 876. Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Mr. Reed, and Mr. Hickenlooper)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the concurrent
resolution S. Con. Res. 7, setting forth 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 in title IV, add the following:

SEC. ___. POINT OF ORDER AGAINST MEDICAID CUTS TO CHILDREN'S
HOSPITALS.

(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
reduces Medicaid funding to children's hospitals for the
provision of lifesaving medical services, including for
pediatric patients with cancer, complex birth defects,
asthma, allergies, diabetes, or epilepsy.
(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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