S.Amdt. 3033

SA 3033. Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mr. Specter) 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 1133, between lines 22 and 23, insert the
following:

SEC. 3511. CONSISTENT QUALITY ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENTS FOR
PROVIDERS CONTRACTING WITH MEDICARE ADVANTAGE
PLANS AND STATE MEDICAID PROGRAMS.

(a) Medicare Advantage.--Section 1854(a)(6)(B)(iii) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-24(a)(6)(B)(iii)) is
amended--
(1) by striking ``In order to'' and inserting the
following:
``(aa) In general.--In order to''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(bb) Quality assurance.--An MA organization shall not
prohibit a particular hospital, physician or other entity
within a category of healthcare providers from eligibility to
contract with the MA organization because of a separate
policy of the MA organization that does not recognize an
approved nationally recognized accreditation organization
with the appropriate `deeming authority' from the
Secretary.''.
(b) State Medicaid Plan Requirement.--Section 1902(a)(23)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(23)) is
amended by inserting ``and (C) the State plan and a primary

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care case-management system (described in section
1915(b)(1)), a medicaid managed care organization, or a
similar entity shall not prohibit a particular hospital,
physician or other entity within a category of healthcare
providers from being qualified to perform a service or
services because of a separate policy of the State plan,
system, organization, or entity that does not recognize an
approved nationally recognized accreditation organization
with the appropriate `deeming authority' from the Secretary''
after ``subsection (g) and in section 1915''.
(c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
take effect on the date of enactment of this Act and, in the
case of MA organizations under part C of title XVIII of the
Social Security Act, apply to plan years beginning after that
date.
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