Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to require the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), upon a request by the chairman or ranking minority member of either congressional budget committee, to 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.
Requires CBO, if the measure would result in such substantial reductions, to include in any CBO projection a description and estimate of such reductions and a description of the basis for such conclusions.
Authorizes CBO to prepare a budget projection that includes some or all of the budgetary outyears.
[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6482 Introduced in House (IH)]
112th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 6482
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of
preventive health savings.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 21, 2012
Mr. Burgess (for himself, Mrs. Christensen, Mr. Guthrie, Mr. Womack,
Mrs. Myrick, Mr. Lance, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Gingrey of Georgia, Mr.
Cassidy, Mr. Griffin of Arkansas, Ms. Granger, Ms. Lee of California,
Ms. Richardson, Ms. Moore, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Fleischmann, and
Ms. Roybal-Allard) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on the Budget
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A BILL
To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 respecting the scoring of
preventive health savings.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 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
new subsection:
``(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 of the Senate, or by the chairman or ranking minority
member of the Committee on the Budget 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 `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 epidemiological
projection models, incorporating clinical trials or
observational studies in humans, to avoid future health
care costs; and
``(B) 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.''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
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