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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

102 STAT. 3088

PUBLIC LAW 100-607—NOV. 4, 1988 Management and Budget, and revised annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, applicable to a family of the size involved. "(4)(A) The term 'State' meems, except as provided in subparagraph (B), each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and each territory of the United States. "(B) For purposes of section 2408(d), the term 'State' means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. "(5) The term 'territory of the United States' means each of the following: the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

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"SEC. 2414. FUNDING. "(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For

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the purpose of making grants under section 2401, there are authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 for each of the fLScal years 1989 and 1990. "(b) AVAILABILITY TO STATES.—Any amounts paid to a State or territory under section 2401(a) shall remain available to the State or territory until the expiration of the 1-year period beginning on the date on which the State or territory receives such amounts.

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"SEC. 2415. SUNSET.

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"Effective with respect to appropriations made for any period after fiscal year 1990, part A of title XXIV of the Public Health Service Act is repealed. "PARTB—SUBACUTE CARE

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"SEC. 2421. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.

"(a) As used in this section: "(1) The term 'patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus' means persons who have a disease, or are recovering from a disease, attributable to the infection of such person with the human immunodeficiency virus, and as a result of the effects of such disease, are in need of subacute-care services. "(2) The term 'subacute care' means medical and health care services that are required for persons recovering from acute care episodes that are less intensive than the level of care provided in acute-care hospitals, and includes skilled nursing care, hospice care, and other t3T)es of health services provided in other long-term-care facilities. "(b) The Secretary shall conduct three demonstration projects to determine the effectiveness and cost of providing the subacute-care services described in subsection (b) to patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, and the impact of such services on the health status of such patients. "(c)(l) The services provided under each demonstration project shall be designed to meet the specific needs of patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, and shall include— "(A) the care and treatment of such patients by providing— "(i) subacute care; "(ii) emergency medical care and specialized diagnostic and therapeutic services as needed and where appropriate,