Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 111 Part 1.djvu/539

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iHfif^f PUBLIC LAW 105-33—AUG. 5, 1997 111 STAT. 515 "(F) In no case shall a tax not qualify as a broad-based health care related tax under this paragraph because it does not apply to a hospital that is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code and that does not accept payment under the State plan under this title or under title XVIII.". (b) REDUCTION IN FEDERAL FINANCIAL PARTICIPATION IN CASE OF IMPOSITION OF TAX.— Section 1903(b) (42 U.S.C. 1396b(b)), as amended by section 4707(b), is amended by adding at the end the following: "(5) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section, the amount determined under subsection (a)(1) for any State shall be decreased in a quarter by the amount of any hegJth care related taxes (described in section 1902(w)(3)(A)) that are imposed on a hospital described in subsection (w)(3)(F) in that quarter.". (c) WAIVER OF CERTAIN PROVIDER TAX PROVISIONS.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, taxes, fees, or assessments, as defined in section 1903(w)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(w)(3)(A)), that were collected by the State of New York from a health care provider before June 1, 1997, and for which a waiver of the provisions of subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 1903(w)(3) of such Act has been applied for, or that would, but for this subsection require that such a waiver be applied for, in accordance with subparagraph (E) of such section, and, (if so applied for) upon which action by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (including any judicial review of any such proceeding) has not been completed as of July 23, 1997, are deemed to be permissible health care related taxes and in compliance with the requirements of subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 1903(w)(3) of such Act. (d) EFFECTIVE DATE. —The amendments made by subsection 42 USC I396b (a) shall apply to taxes imposed before, on, or after the date of note, the enactment of this Act and the amendment made by subsection (b) shall apply to taxes imposed on or after such date. SEC. 4723. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR STATE EMERGENCY HEALTH 8 USC 1611 note. SERVICES FURNISHED TO UNDOCUMENTED ALIENS. (a) TOTAL AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR ALLOTMENT.There are available for allotments under this section for each of the 4 consecutive fiscal years (beginning with fiscal year 1998) $25,000,000 for pa3anents to certain States under this section. (b) STATE ALLOTMENT AMOUNT. — (1) IN GENERAL.— The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall compute an allotment for each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 1998 and ending with fiscal year 2001 for each of the 12 States with the highest number of undocumented aliens. The amount of such allotment for each such State for a fiscal year shall bear the same ratio to the total amount available for allotments under subsection (a) for the fiscal year as the ratio of the number of undocumented aliens in the State in the fiscal year bears to the total of such numbers for all such States for such fiscal year. The amount of allotment to a State provided under this paragraph for a fiscal year that is not paid out under subsection (c) shall be available for payment during the subsequent fiscal year. (2) DETERMINATION.— For purposes of paragraph (1), the number of undocumented aliens in a State under this section