S.Amdt. 3201

SA 3201. Mr. BROWNBACK 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 377, between lines 14 and 15, insert the following:

SEC. 1562. CONSCIENCE PROTECTION.

(a) Permissible Accommodations.--Nothing in this Act (or an
amendment made by this Act) shall be construed to--
(1) require a health plan or health insurance issuer to
provide coverage of any item or service to which the health
insurance issuer, purchaser, or plan sponsor has a moral or
religious objection, or require such coverage for the purpose
of--
(A) qualifying as a qualified health plan or participating
in an Exchange; or
(B) being eligible for a premium tax credit or cost-sharing
reduction or avoiding an assessable payment under section
4980H of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by
section 1513) or any other tax, assessment, or penalty; or
(2) require an individual or institutional health care
provider to provide, participate in, or refer for an item or
service to which such provider has a moral or religious
objection, or require such conduct as a condition of
contracting with a qualified health plan.
(b) Nondiscrimination.--No person implementing this Act (or
an amendment made by this Act) shall discriminate against a
health plan, health insurance issuer, purchaser, plan
sponsor, or individual or institutional health care provider
based in whole or in part on an accommodation permitted under
subsection (a).
(c) Exception.--Nothing in this section authorizes a health
plan, health insurance issuer, or individual or institutional
health care provider to deny all medical care or to deny
life-preserving care to an individual based on the view that,
because of a disability or other characteristic of such
individual, extending the life or preserving the health of
such individual is less valuable than extending the life or
preserving the health of another individual who does not have
such disability or other characteristic.
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