Sec. 4302. Long-Term Care Hospital Technical Corrections.
(a) PAYMENT.—Subsection (c) of section 114 of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (Public Law 110– 173) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by amending the heading to read as follows: ‘‘DELAY IN APPLICATION OF 25 PERCENT PATIENT THRESHOLD PAYMENT ADJUSTMENT’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘July 1, 2007,’’; and
(C) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or to a longterm care hospital, or satellite facility, that as of December 29, 2007, was co-located with an entity that is a providerbased, off-campus location of a subsection (d) hospital which did not provide services payable under section 1886(d) of the Social Security Act at the off-campus location’’ after ‘‘freestanding long-term care hospitals’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting ‘‘or that is described in section 412.22(h)(3)(i) of such title’’ before the period; and
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2007 (or July 1, 2007, in the case of a satellite facility described in section 412.22(h)(3)(i) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations)’’.
(b) MORATORIUM.—Subsection (d)(3)(A) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘if the hospital or facility’’ and inserting ‘‘if the hospital or facility obtained a certificate of need for an increase in beds that is in a State for which such certificate of need is required and that was issued on or after April 1, 2005, and before December 29, 2007, or if the hospital or facility’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall be effective and apply as if included in the enactment of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–173).
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