S.Amdt. 2865

SA 2865. Mr. BURRIS 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:

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On page 1249 between lines 6 and 7, insert the following:
(b) Hospital Compare Patient Surveys.--
(1) In general.--In implementing the Hospital Compare
patient survey program, the Director of the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality shall, in addition to
collecting other information to reduce health disparities,
collect information concerning--
(A) whether hospital staff effectively address cultural and
linguistic barriers that may prevent patients from receiving
quality health care; and
(B) whether hospital health promotion programs are
effectively marketed in the community served by the hospital.
(2) Requirement to take into account survey in community
health needs assessments.--Section 501(r)(3)(B) of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as added by section 9007, is
amended striking ``and'' at the end of clause (i), by
redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii), and by inserting
after clause (i) the following new clause:
``(ii) takes into account the information collected under
the Hospital Compare patient survey program, and''.
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