S.Amdt. 3004

SA 3004. Mrs. HAGAN (for herself and Mr. Bennet) 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 32, after line 24, add the following:
``(d) Clear Transparency of Health Care Charges.--
``(1) Public disclosure of reimbursement amounts.--A health
insurance issuer offering group or individual health
insurance coverage shall report at least once a year to the
Secretary the current allowable reimbursement that the issuer
will provide for all covered benefits and services (other
than prescription medications dispensed through a licensed
pharmacy), including--
``(A) with respect to services provided by in-network
providers where payment is made in part or in full on a fee
for service basis, the current allowed charge for specific
services using currently accepted procedure coding associated
with each provider; and
``(B) the expected reasonable and allowed charges made for
services by out-of-network providers and the amount the
issuer would reimburse for such charges.
``(2) Accessibility.--Information submitted to the
Secretary under paragraph (1) shall be maintained by the
Secretary in a manner that ensures that such information is
readily accessible by the public.
``(3) Regulations.--Not later than one year after the date
of enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations to implement
the requirements of this subsection.''.
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