Dr. Donna Christensen, the delegate from the Virgin Islands and the only CBCer who is a medical doctor, had both her amendments inserted into HR 3200, the Health Reform Bill, last night during the House Energy and Commerce Committee markup. The first inserts language calling on the Secretary of Health and Human Services to eliminate health disparities. The second calls on the Secretary of Health and Human Services to select one of the U.S. territories as the location for a community based health program.
The other two Crew members on E&C, Bobby Rush and G.K. Butterfield, have not offered any amendments yet with (what looks like…) one more day of marking up to go.
The raw language:
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AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MRS. CHRISTENSEN OF VIRGIN ISLANDS
(Amendment drafted to HR draft l)
In subsection (d)( 4) of section 1866E of the Social Security Act, a s added b y section 1302 of the bill, relating to the community-based medical home model pilot program, strike “the Secretary may” and insert” the Secretary shall seek to eliminate racial, ethnic, gender, and geographic health disparities and may.”
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AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MRS. CHRISTENSEN OF VIRGIN ISLANDS
(Amendment drafted to HR draft l)
In subsection (d)(6) of section 1866 E of the Social Security Act, ‘as added by section 1302 of the bill, relating to the community-based medical home model pilot program, add a t t h e end t h e following new sentence: “The Secretary shall select a territory of the United States as one of the locations in which to implement the pilot program under this subsection.”
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