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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1422 

To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring 

of preventive health savings. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

AUGUST 1, 2013 

Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. CRAPO, Mr. KING, Mr. UDALL of New Mexico, 

and Mrs. SHAHEEN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice 

and referred to the Committee on the Budget 

A BILL 

To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting 

the scoring of preventive health savings. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SCORING OF PREVENTIVE HEALTH SAVINGS. 

4 Section 202 of the Congressional Budget and Im5 poundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 602) is amend6 ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 

7 ‘‘(h) SCORING OF PREVENTIVE HEALTH SAVINGS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) DETERMINATION BY THE DIRECTOR.— 

9 Upon a request by the chairman or ranking minority 

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1 mittee on Finance, or the Committee on Health, 

2 Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, or by 

3 the chairman or ranking minority member of the 

4 Committee on the Budget, the Committee on Energy 

5 and Commerce, or the Committee on Ways and 

6 Means of the House of Representatives, the Director 

7 shall determine if a proposed measure would result 

8 in reductions in budget outlays in budgetary out9 years through the use of preventive health and pre10 ventive health services. 

11 ‘‘(2) PROJECTIONS.—If the Director determines 

12 that a measure would result in substantial reduc13 tions in budget outlays as described in paragraph 

14 (1), the Director— 

15 ‘‘(A) shall include, in any projection pre16 pared by the Director, a description and esti17 mate of the reductions in budget outlays in the 

18 budgetary outyears and a description of the 

19 basis for such conclusions; and 

20 ‘‘(B) may prepare a budget projection that 

21 includes some or all of the budgetary outyears, 

22 notwithstanding the time periods for projections 

23 described in subsection (e) and sections 308, 

24 402, and 424. 


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1 ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this sub2 section— 

3 ‘‘(A) the term ‘preventive health’ means an 

4 action that focuses on the health of the public, 

5 individuals and defined populations in order to 

6 protect, promote, and maintain health and 

7 wellness and prevent disease, disability, and 

8 premature death that is demonstrated by cred9 ible and publicly available evidence from epide10 miological projection models, clinical trials, ob11 servational studies in humans, longitudinal 

12 studies, and meta-analysis, to avoid future 

13 health care costs; and 

14 ‘‘(B) the term ‘budgetary outyears’ means 

15 the 2 consecutive 10-year periods beginning 

16 with the first fiscal year that is 10 years after 

17 the budget year provided for in the most re18 cently agreed to concurrent resolution on the 

19 budget.’’. 

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