S.Amdt. 3064

SA 3064. 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 124, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
(4) Nondiscrimination on abortion and respect for rights of
conscience.--
(A) Nondiscrimination.--A Federal agency or program, and
any State or local government that receives Federal financial
assistance under this Act (or an amendment made by this Act),
may not--
(i) subject any individual or institutional health care
entity to discrimination; or
(ii) require any health plan created or regulated under
this Act (or an amendment made by this Act) to subject any
individual or institutional health care entity to
discrimination,

on the basis that the health care entity does not provide,
pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions.
(B) Definition.----In this section, the term `` `health
care entity' '' includes an individual physician or other
health care professional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored
organization, a health maintenance organization, a health
insurance plan, or any other kind of health care facility,
organization, or plan.
(C) Administration.--The Office for Civil Rights of the
Department of Health and Human Services is designated to
receive complaints of discrimination based on this section,
and coordinate the investigation of such complaints.
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