S.Amdt. 2803

SA 2803. Mr. CORNYN 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:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. MEMBERS OF CONGRESS REQUIRED TO HAVE COVERAGE UNDER
MEDICAID INSTEAD OF THROUGH FEHBP.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding chapter 89 of title 5,
United States Code, title XIX of the Social Security Act, or
any provision of this Act, effective January 1, 2010--
(1) each Member of Congress shall be eligible for medical
assistance under the Medicaid plan of the State in which the
Member resides; and
(2) any employer contribution under chapter 89 of title 5
of such Code on behalf of the Member may be paid only to the
State agency responsible for administering the Medicaid plan
in which the Member enrolls and not to the offeror of a plan
offered through the Federal employees health benefit program
under such chapter.
(b) Payments by Federal Government.--The Secretary of
Health and Human Services, in consultation with the Director
of the Office of Personnel Management, shall establish
procedures under which the employer contributions that would
otherwise be made on behalf of a Member of Congress if the
Member were enrolled in a plan offered through the Federal
employees health benefit program may be made directly to the
State agencies described in subsection (a).
(c) Ineligible for FEHBP.--Effective January 1, 2010, no
Member of Congress shall be eligible to obtain health
insurance coverage under the program chapter 89 of title 5,
United States Code.
(d) Definition.--In this section, the term ``Member of
Congress'' means any member of the House of Representatives
or the Senate.
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