Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 1.djvu/771

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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

PUBLIC LAW 100-360—JULY 1, 1988

102 STAT. 733

(b) REPORT.—The Secretary shall report to Congress, by not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, on the information collected in the survey. Based on such information, the Secretary shall include in the report recommendations concerning appropriate standards for coverage of adult day care services under medicare, including defining chronically dependent individuals, defining services included in adult day care services, establishing qualifications of providers of adult day care services, and establishing a reimbursement mechanism. (c) ADULT DAY CARE SERVICES DEFINED.—In this section, the term "adult day care services" means medical or social services provided in an organized nonresidential setting to chronically impaired individuals who are not inpatients in a medical institution.

Subtitle B—Medicare Part B Monthly Premium Financing SEC. 211. ADJUSTMENTIN MEDICARE PARTB PREMIUM.

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(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1839 (42 U.S.C. 1395r) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(g)(l)(A) Except as provided in this paragraph, paragraphs (4) and (5), and subsections (b) and (f), the monthly premium for each individual enrolled under this part otherwise determined, without regard to this subsection, shall be increased by the sum of the catastrophic coverage monthly premium and the prescription drug monthly premium for months in the year determined under the following table (for months occurring in 1989 through 1993) or determined in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) (for months after December 1993):

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"In the case of: 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993

The catastrophic coverage monthly premium ia: $4.00 $4.90 $5.46 $6.75 $7.18

The prescription drug monthly premium is: 0 0 $1.94 $2.45 $3.02.

"(B)(i) Except as provided in subparagraph (C), if the amount of the supplemental premium rate otherwise determined under section 59B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for taxable years beginning in a calendar year is increased as a result of subsection (e)(2)(A)(i) of such section or is reduced as a result of subsection (e)(2)(A)(ii) of such section, the monthly premium increase otherwise determined under this paragraph shall be reduced or increased, respectively, by an amount equal to— "(I) Vi2th of the excess or shortfall, respectively, determined under clause (ii) for the year, as adjusted under clause (iv),, divided by "(II) the average number of individuals covered under this part during the preceding year, "(ii) The excess or shortfall determined under this clause for a year is the excess or shortfall, determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, of—