S.Amdt. 3228

SA 3228. Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mr. Warner, and Mr. Akaka)
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 396, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following:

SEC. 1563. PROVISIONS RELATED TO VISION BENEFITS.

(a) Exemption From Comprehensive Coverage Requirement.--
Section 2707 of the Public Health Service Act, as added by
section 1201, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(e) Vision Only.--This section shall not apply to a plan
described in section 1311(d)(2)(B)(iii) of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act.''.
(b) Essential Health Benefits.--Section 1302 of this Act is
amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(4)--
(A) by redesignating subparagraphs (G) and (H) as
subparagraphs (H) and (I), respectively;
(B) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following:
``(G) provide that if a plan described in section
1311(d)(2)(B)(iii) (relating to stand-alone vision benefits
plans) is offered through an Exchange, another health plan
offered through such Exchange shall not fail to be treated as
a qualified health plan solely because the plan does not
offer coverage of benefits offered through the stand-alone
plan that are otherwise required under paragraph (1)(J);'';
and
(C) in subparagraph (I), as so redesignated, by striking
``(G)'' and inserting ``(H)''; and
(2) by striking ``paragraph (4)(H)'' each place such term
appears and inserting ``paragraph (4)(I)''.
(c) Offering of Coverage.--Section 1311(d)(2)(B) of this
Act is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(iii) Offering of stand-alone vision benefits.--Each
Exchange within a State shall allow an issuer of a plan that
only provides limited scope vision benefits meeting the
requirements of section 9832(c)(2)(A) of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 to offer the plan through the Exchange (either
separately or in conjunction with a qualified health plan) if
the plan provides pediatric vision benefits meeting the
requirements of section 1302(b)(1)(J)).''.
(d) Refundable Credit.--Section 36B(b) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as added by section 1401, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(F) Special rule for pediatric vision coverage.--For
purposes of determining the amount of any monthly premium, if
an individual enrolls in both a qualified health plan and a
plan described in section 1311(d)(2)(B)(iii) of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act for any plan year, the
portion of the premium for the plan described in such section
that (under regulations prescribed by the Secretary) is
properly allocable to pediatric vision benefits which are
included in the essential health benefits required to be
provided by a qualified health plan under section
1302(b)(1)(J) of such Act shall be treated as a premium
payable for a qualified health plan.''.
(e) Reduced Cost-Sharing.--Section 1402(c) of this Act is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``(6) Special rule for pediatric vision plans.--If an
individual enrolls in both a qualified health plan and a plan
described in section 1311(d)(2)(B)(iii) for any plan year,
subsection (a) shall not apply to that portion of any
reduction in cost-sharing under subsection (c) that (under
regulations prescribed by the Secretary) is properly
allocable to pediatric vision benefits which are included in
the essential health benefits required to be provided by a
qualified health plan under section 1302(b)(1)(J).''.
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