S.Amdt. 3052

SA 3052. Mr. BARRASSO 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 1266, between lines 17 and 18, insert the
following:

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SEC. 4403. RURAL HEALTH CLINIC AND COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
COLLABORATIVE ACCESS EXPANSION.

Section 330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
254b), as amended by section 4206, is amended by adding at
the end the following:
``(t) Rule of Construction With Respect to Rural Health
Clinics.--
``(1) In general.--Nothing in this section shall be
construed to prevent a community health center from
contracting with a federally certified rural health clinic
(as defined by section 1861(aa)(2) of the Social Security
Act) for the delivery of primary health care services that
are available at the rural health clinic to individuals who
would otherwise be eligible for free or reduced cost care if
that individual were able to obtain that care at the
community health center. Such services may be limited in
scope to those primary health care services available in that
rural health clinic.
``(2) Assurances.--In order for a rural health clinic to
receive funds under this section through a contract with a
community health center under paragraph (1), such rural
health clinic shall establish policies to ensure--
``(A) nondiscrimination based upon the ability of a patient
to pay; and
``(B) the establishment of a sliding fee scale for low-
income patients.''.
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