S.Amdt. 3168

SA 3168. Mr. CASEY (for himself and Mrs. Gillibrand) 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 466, between lines 5 and 6, insert the following:

SEC. 2305. OPTIONAL COVERAGE OF NURSE HOME VISITATION
SERVICES.

(a) In General.--Section 1905 of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1396d), as amended by sections 2001(a)(3), 2006,
and 2301(a)(1), is amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) in paragraph (28), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(B) by redesignating paragraph (29) as paragraph (30); and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (28) the following new
paragraph:
``(29) nurse home visitation services (as defined in
subsection (z)); and''; and
(2) by inserting after subsection (y) the following new
subsection:
``(z) The term `nurse home visitation services' means
voluntary home visits that are provided by trained nurses to
a family with a first-time pregnant woman, or a child (under
2 years of age), who is eligible for medical assistance under
this title, but only, to the extent determined by the
Secretary based upon evidence, that such services are
effective in achieving 1 or more of the following:
``(1) Improving maternal or child health and pregnancy
outcomes or increasing birth intervals between pregnancies.
``(2) Reducing the incidence of child abuse, neglect, and
injury, improving family stability (including reduction in
the incidence of intimate partner violence), or reducing
maternal and child involvement in the criminal justice
system.
``(3) Increasing economic self-sufficiency, employment
advancement, school-readiness, and educational achievement,
or reducing dependence on public assistance.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall apply to services furnished on or after January 1,
2010.
(c) Construction.--Nothing in the amendments made by this
section shall be construed as affecting the ability of a
State under title XIX or XXI of the Social Security Act to
provide nurse home visitation services as part of another
class of items and services falling within the definition of
medical assistance or child health assistance under the
respective title, or as an administrative expenditure for
which payment is made under section 1903(a) or 2105(a) of
such Act, respectively, on or after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
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