PUBLIC LAW 109–171—FEB. 8, 2006
120 STAT. 45
SEC. 5114. DELIVERY OF SERVICES AT FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS.
(a) COVERAGE.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1861(aa)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)(3)) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘, and’’ and inserting ‘‘and services described in subsections (qq) and (vv); and’’; (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sections 329, 330, and 340’’ and inserting ‘‘section 330’’; and (C) in the flush matter at the end, by inserting ‘‘by the center or by a health care professional under contract with the center’’ after ‘‘outpatient of a Federally qualified health center’’. (2) CONSOLIDATED BILLING.—The first sentence of section 1842(b)(6)(F) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395u(b)(6)(F)) is amended— (A) by striking ‘‘and (G)’’ and inserting ‘‘(G)’’; and (B) by inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘‘, and (H) in the case of services described in section 1861(aa)(3) that are furnished by a health care professional under contract with a Federally qualified health center, payment shall be made to the center’’. (b) TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.—Clauses (i) and (ii)(II) of section 1861(aa)(4)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)(4)(A)) are each amended by striking ‘‘(other than subsection (h))’’. (c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to services furnished on or after January 1, 2006.
42 USC 1395u note.
SEC. 5115. WAIVER OF PART B LATE ENROLLMENT PENALTY FOR CERTAIN INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEERS.
(a) IN GENERAL.— (1) WAIVER OF PENALTY.—Section 1839(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r(b)) is amended in the second sentence by inserting the following before the period at the end: ‘‘or months for which the individual can demonstrate that the individual was an individual described in section 1837(k)(3)’’. (2) SPECIAL ENROLLMENT PERIOD.— (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 1837 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395p) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(k)(1) In the case of an individual who— ‘‘(A) at the time the individual first satisfies paragraph (1) or (2) of section 1836, is described in paragraph (3), and has elected not to enroll (or to be deemed enrolled) under this section during the individual’s initial enrollment period; or ‘‘(B) has terminated enrollment under this section during a month in which the individual is described in paragraph (3), there shall be a special enrollment period described in paragraph (2). ‘‘(2) The special enrollment period described in this paragraph is the 6-month period beginning on the first day of the month which includes the date that the individual is no longer described in paragraph (3).
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