S.Amdt. 2876

SA 2876. Mr. BROWN 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 816, after line 20, insert the following:

SEC. 3115. WAIVER OF MEDICARE DME SURETY BOND REQUIREMENT FOR
CERTAIN DME SUPPLIERS.

Section 1834(a)(16) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395m(a)(16)) is amended by adding at the end the following
new sentence: ``The requirement for a surety bond described
in subparagraph (B) shall not apply in the case of a pharmacy
or supplier that exclusively provides eyeglasses or contact
lenses as described in section 1861(s)(8) that (i) is
enrolled under section 1866(j) as a supplier of durable
medical equipment, prosthetics, orthotics, and supplies and
has been issued (which may include renewal of) a provider
number (as described in the first sentence of this paragraph)
for at least 5 years, and (ii) for which a final adverse
action (as defined in section 424.57(a) of title 42, Code of
Federal Regulations) has never been imposed.''.
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