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DemocratAmendment · S.Amdt. 1217· Senate(119-SAMDT-1217)

S.Amdt. 1217

Rep. Rosen
Age: 69 years
Nevada
Introduced
2/21/2025
Sponsored by
Jacky Rosen
Cosponsors
None
Changes bill
119-SCONRES-7 — An original concurrent resolution 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.
  1. Introduced
  2. Pending Consideration

What this amendment would do

  • The amendment sets up a point of order in the Senate.

  • It aims to stop the consideration of any bill, joint resolution, motion, amendment, amendment between the Houses, or conference report that would increase the cost for States to care for Medicaid patients with cancer, Alzheimer's disease, or other forms of dementia, diabetes, traumatic injuries sustained from car accidents, farming accidents or other accidental injuries requiring emergency response and hospitalization, heart disease or stroke.

  • It also aims to stop anything that would result in coverage loss or higher health care costs for patients with any of these conditions.

  • It allows this rule to be waived or suspended in the Senate only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members, duly chosen and sworn.

  • It requires an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate, duly chosen and sworn, to sustain an appeal of the ruling of the Chair on a point of order raised under this rule.