S.Amdt. 2794

SA 2794. Mr. LEAHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2786 proposed by Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr.
Dodd, and Mr. Harkin) to the bill H.R. 3590, to amend the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the
case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal
employees, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

On page 1266, between lines 17 and 18, insert the
following:

SEC. 4403. EXTENSION OF MEDICAL MALPRACTICE COVERAGE TO FREE
CLINICS.

(a) In General.--Section 224 of the Public Health Service
Act (42 U.S.C. 233) is amended--
(1) in subsection (g), by striking paragraph (4) and
inserting the following:
``(4) An entity described in this paragraph is--
``(A) a public or non-profit private entity receiving
Federal funds under section 330; or
``(B) a free clinic defined under subsection (o)(3)(A).'';
and
(2) in subsection (o)(6)(A), by inserting ``and officers,
governing board members, employees, and contractors of free
clinics'' after ``free clinic health professionals''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act and
apply to any act or omission which occurs on or after that
date.
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