S.Amdt. 3172

SA 3172. Mr. BROWN 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 18, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following:

``SEC. 2713A. COVERAGE OF CERTAIN CARE.

``A group health plan and a health insurance issuer
offering group or individual health insurance coverage shall
provide coverage for wound-care supplies that are medically
necessary for the treatment of epidermolysis bullosa and are
administered under the direction of a physician.''.
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