S.Amdt. 3234

SA 3234. Mr. CASEY 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 764, between lines 2 and 3, insert the following:
``(i) Application of Pilot Program to Continuing Care
Hospitals.--
``(1) In general.--In conducting the pilot program, the
Secretary shall apply the provisions of the program so as to
separately pilot test the continuing care hospital model.
``(2) Special rules.--In pilot testing the continuing care
hospital model under paragraph (1), the following rules shall
apply:
``(A) Such model shall be tested without the limitation to
the conditions selected under subsection (a)(2)(B).
``(B) Notwithstanding subsection (a)(2)(D), an episode of
care shall be defined as the full period that a patient stays
in the continuing care hospital plus the first 30 days
following discharge from such hospital.
``(3) Continuing care hospital defined.--In this
subsection, the term `continuing care hospital' means an
entity that has demonstrated the ability to meet patient care
and patient safety standards and that provides under common
management the medical and rehabilitation services provided
in inpatient rehabilitation hospitals and units (as defined
in section 1886(d)(1)(B)(ii)), long term care hospitals (as
defined in section1886(d)(1)(B)(iv)(I)), and skilled nursing
facilities (as defined in section 1819(a)) that are located
in a hospital described in section 1886(d).''.
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