S.Amdt. 3080

SA 3080. Mr. ENSIGN (for himself and 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:

On page 152, after line 24, add the following:
(l) Public Reporting of Patient Wait Times.--
(1) In general.--A qualified health plan offered through
the Exchange, including the community health insurance option
under section 1323 and any other health insurance option
established under this Act, shall collect and make available
on an Internet website a description of--
(A) the average waiting times (between diagnosis and
treatment), listed by individual hospital and health care
provider, for specific health care items or services covered
under the plan or option, including--
(i) general surgery;
(ii) cancer surgery;
(iii) cardiac procedures;
(iv) ophthalmic surgery;
(v) orthopedic surgery; and
(vi) diagnostic scans; and
(B) the average waiting times that patients are in an
emergency room being diagnosed, receiving treatment, or
waiting for admission to a hospital bed under the plan or
option.
(2) Annual updates.--A qualified health plan offered
through the Exchange, including the community health
insurance option under section 1323 and any other health
insurance option established under this Act, shall annually
update the information made available under paragraph (1).
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