[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Page 17819]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         REINTRODUCING S. 3815

  Mr. SMITH. Mr. President, today, I am taking a parliamentary step to, 
in effect, reintroduce S. 3815, a bill I sponsored with Senator 
Lincoln, that would improve access to and quality of long-term care. By 
doing this, we are removing a provision from the original text of the 
bill that we did not intend, nor agree, to include in our legislation. 
Due to human error, a provision entitled ``Liability Acts of Abuse 
Committed by Employees'' was incorrectly included in text of the bill 
that I introduced with Senator Lincoln on August 3, 2006.
  Mrs. LINCOLN. I thank Senator Smith for taking this step to correct 
this error because I do not support the provision regarding liability 
protection for acts of abuse in nursing homes that was mistakenly 
included in the version of S. 3815 I cosponsored with Senator Smith on 
August 3, 2006. The parliamentary step taken today will replace the 
incorrect version of legislation with a new version that accurately 
reflects the bill Senator Smith and I agreed to sponsor to help improve 
the quality of life for those who need long-term care.

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