S.Amdt. 3000

SA 3000. Mr. COBURN 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 end of subtitle D of title VI insert the following:

SEC. 6303. PROHIBITION ON COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH
FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING COST AND
COVERAGE DECISIONS.

Reports and recommendations from the Patient-Centered
Outcomes Research Institute, established under section 1181
of the Social Security Act (as added by section 6301), or any
other government entity are prohibited from being used by any
government entity for payment, coverage, or treatment
decisions based on costs. Nothing in the preceding sentence
shall limit a physician or other health care provider from
using reports and recommendations of such Institute or other
government entity when making decisions about the best
treatment for an individual patient in an individual
circumstance.

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