A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of preventive health savings.

Bill: 117-s-1685
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
Introduced: 2021-05-18
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance
Subjects: Accounting and auditing

Budget deficits and national debt

Budget process

Congressional oversight

Health care costs and insurance

Health programs administration and funding

Health promotion and preventive care
Latest action: action_date: 2021-05-18
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-05-18
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill requires the Congressional Budget Office, upon receiving a request from Congress, to determine if legislation would reduce spending outside of the 10-year budget window through the use of preventive health and preventive health services. </p>

tv_txt: II 117th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1685 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 18, 2021 Mr. Cardin (for himself, Mr. Crapo , Mr. King , and Mr. Cramer ) 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. Scoring of preventive health savings Section 202 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 ( 2 U.S.C. 602 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (h) Scoring of preventive health savings (1) Determination by the Director Upon a request by the chairman or ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget, the Committee on Finance, or the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, or by the chairman or ranking minority member of the Committee on the Budget, the Committee on Energy and Commerce, or the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, the Director shall determine if a proposed measure would result in reductions in budget outlays in budgetary outyears through the use of preventive health and preventive health services. (2) Projections If the Director determines that a measure would result in substantial reductions in budget outlays as described in paragraph (1), the Director— (A) shall include, in any projection prepared by the Director, a description and estimate of the reductions in budget outlays in the budgetary outyears and a description of the basis for such conclusions; and (B) may prepare a budget projection that includes some or all of the budgetary outyears, notwithstanding the time periods for projections described in subsection (e) and sections 308, 402, and 424. (3) Definitions As used in this subsection— (A) the term budgetary outyears means the 2 consecutive 10-year periods beginning with the first fiscal year that is 10 years after the budget year provided for in the most recently agreed to concurrent resolution on the budget; and (B) the term preventive health means an action that focuses on the health of the public, individuals and defined populations in order to protect, promote, and maintain health and wellness and prevent disease, disability, and premature death that is demonstrated by credible and publicly available evidence from epidemiological projection models, clinical trials, observational studies in humans, longitudinal studies, and meta-analysis. .