Political Quotes

“I rise for the purpose of offering an amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of the bill, insert the following: TITLE III--HEALTH CARE SAFETY NET ENHANCMENT SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as the ``Health Care Safety Net Enhancement Act of 2012''. SEC. 302. PROTECTION FOR EMERGENCY AND RELATED SERVICES FURNISHED PURSUANT TO EMTALA. Section 224(g) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 233(g)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``An entity'' and inserting ``Subject to paragraph (6), an entity''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(6)(A) For purposes of this section-- ``(i) an entity described in subparagraph (B) shall be considered to be an entity described in paragraph (4); and ``(ii) the provisions of this section shall apply to an entity described in subparagraph (B) in the same manner as such provisions apply to an entity described in paragraph (4), except that-- ``(I) notwithstanding paragraph (1)(B), the deeming of any entity described in subparagraph (B), or of an officer, governing board member, employee, contractor, or on-call provider of such an entity, to be an employee of the Public Health Service for purposes of this section shall apply only with respect to items and services that are furnished to an individual pursuant to section 1867 of the Social Security Act and to post stabilization services (as defined in subparagraph (D))…”