S.Amdt. 3255

SA 3255. Ms. MURKOWSKI 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:

At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:

SEC. __. MEDICAL MALPRACTICE REFORM.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, a State
that receives Federal funds under any amendment made by this
Act to the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) to increase eligibility
for participation in such program, shall implement reforms in
the State medical malpractice litigation system that are
designed to achieve cost savings through the development and
implementation of alternatives to tort litigation.
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