S.Amdt. 3186

SA 3186. 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:

Beginning on page 729, strike line 21 and all that follows
through line 13 on page 730, and insert the following:
``(xv) Promoting--

``(I) improved quality and reduced cost by developing a
collaborative of high-quality, low-cost health care
institutions that is responsible for--

``(aa) developing, documenting, and disseminating best
practices and proven care methods;
``(bb) implementing such best practices and proven care
methods within such institutions to demonstrate further
improvements in quality and efficiency; and
``(cc) providing assistance to other health care
institutions on how best to employ such best practices and
proven care methods to improve health care quality and lower
costs.

``(II) improved quality and reduced cost by developing a
similarly focused collaborative of pediatric providers and
institutions through the Medicaid and CHIP programs.''.

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