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PUBLIC LAW 98-000—MMMM. DD, 1984

98 STAT. 1108

42 USC 300e-9.

42 USC 254b, 254c. 40 USC app. 1.

PUBLIC LAW 98-369—JULY 18, 1984

exercise of this right. Such restriction shall not apply to requests for termination of enrollment for cause. "(ii) A health maintenance organization referred to in clause (i) is an organization which— "(I) is a qualified health maintenance organization (as defined in section 1310(d) of the Public Health Service Act) or a health maintenance organization which is receiving (and has received during the previous two years) a grant of at least $100,000 under section 329(d)(1)(A) or 330(d)(1) of the Public Health Service Act or is receiving (and has received during the previous two years) at least $100,000 (by grant, subgrant, or subcontract) under the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965, and "(II) meets the requirement of subparagraph (A)(ii).". INCREASE IN MEDICAID CEILING AMOUNT FOR PUERTO RICO, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, GUAM, THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, AND AMERICAN SAMOA

42 USC 1308.

SEC. 2365. (a) Section 1108(c) of the Social Security Act is amended to read as follows: 42 USC 1396. "(c) The total amount certified by the Secretary under title XIX with respect to a fiscal year for payment to— "(1) Puerto Rico shall not exceed $63,400,000; "(2) the Virgin Islands shall not exceed $2,100,000; "(3) Guam shall not exceed $2,000,000; "(4) the Northern Mariana Islands shall not exceed $550,000; and "(5) American Samoa shall not exceed $1,150,000.". 42 USC 1308 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective for note. fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 1983. PAYMENT FOR PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL SERVICES 42 USC 1396a note.

SEC. 2366. The provisions of section 1902(a)(13) of the Social Security Act, in so far as they require a reduction of the amount of payment otherwise to be made to a public psychiatric hospital due to the level of care received in such hospital, shall not apply to payments to hospitals before July 1, 1985, and such a reduction made for payments during the 12-month period ending June 30, 1986, and during the 12-month period ending June 30, 1987, shall be one-third and two-thirds, respectively, of the amount of the reduction which would have been made without regard to this section. MANDATORY ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS OF PAYMENT BY MEDICAID RECIPIENTS

42 USC 1396a. Ante, pp. 1066, 1105.

42 USC 1396k.

SEC. 2367. (a) Section 1902(a) of the Social Security Act (as amended by sections 2303 and 2363 of this title) is amended— (1) by striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (43); (2) by striking out the period at the end of paragraph (44) and inserting in lieu thereof "; and"; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (44) the following new paragraph: "(45) provide for mandatory assignment of rights of payment for medical support and other medical care owed to recipients, in accordance with section 1912.".