Kent Conrad: “Again, I believe the foster care question that prohibits grandparents from receiving foster care payments is also well…”

“Again, I believe the foster care question that prohibits grandparents from receiving foster care payments is also well taken, but we understand there is a difference. I raise the point of order pursuant to section 313(b)(1)(A) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 against section 5001(b)(3) and section 5001(b)(4) of the conference report because those provisions of title V regarding Medicaid produce no budgetary changes in outlays or revenues; and pursuant to section 313(b)(1)(D) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 against section 7404 regarding foster care, and the portion of section 6043 beginning on page 92, line 19, through page 93, line 2, which relates to the negligent standard for hospitals and physicians who treat Medicaid patients because any changes in outlays or revenues associated with those two provisions are merely incidental to the nonbudgetary components of those provisions. I hope my colleagues will vote to sustain this point of order.”