S.Amdt. 2972

SA 2972. Mr. CASEY 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 731, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
``(xvii) Funding the use of telehealth systems to
facilitate acute stroke therapy services furnished to
Medicare beneficiaries in both rural and urban areas that are
administered by board eligible or board certified vascular
neurologists and coordinated by a certified stroke center.''.
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