PUBLIC LAW 109–171—FEB. 8, 2006
120 STAT. 33
SEC. 5005. EXTENDED PHASE-IN OF THE INPATIENT REHABILITATION FACILITY CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA.
42 USC 1395ww note.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 412.23(b)(2) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall apply the applicable percent specified in subsection (b) in the classification criterion used under the IRF regulation (as defined in subsection (c)) to determine whether a hospital or unit of a hospital is an inpatient rehabilitation facility under the Medicare program under title XVIII of the Social Security Act. (b) APPLICABLE PERCENT.—For purposes of subsection (a), the applicable percent specified in this subsection for cost reporting periods— (1) beginning during the 12-month period beginning on July 1, 2006, is 60 percent; (2) beginning during the 12-month period beginning on July 1, 2007, is 65 percent; and (3) beginning on or after July 1, 2008, is 75 percent. (c) IRF REGULATION.—For purposes of subsection (a), the term ‘‘IRF regulation’’ means the rule published in the Federal Register on May 7, 2004, entitled ‘‘Medicare Program; Final Rule; Changes to the Criteria for Being Classified as an Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility’’ (69 Fed. Reg. 25752).
Applicability.
SEC. 5006. DEVELOPMENT OF A STRATEGIC PLAN REGARDING PHYSICIAN INVESTMENT IN SPECIALTY HOSPITALS.
(a) DEVELOPMENT.— (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall develop a strategic and implementing plan to address issues described in paragraph (2) regarding physician investment in specialty hospitals (as defined in section 1877(h)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395nn(h)(7)(A)). (2) ISSUES DESCRIBED.—The issues described in this paragraph are the following: (A) Proportionality of investment return. (B) Bona fide investment. (C) Annual disclosure of investment information. (D) The provision by specialty hospitals of— (i) care to patients who are eligible for medical assistance under a State plan approved under title XIX of the Social Security Act, including patients not so eligible but who are regarded as such because they receive benefits under a demonstration project approved under title XI of such Act; and (ii) charity care. (E) Appropriate enforcement. (b) REPORTS.— (1) INTERIM REPORT.—Not later than 3 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit an interim report to the appropriate committees of jurisdiction of Congress on the status of the development of the plan under subsection (a). (2) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a final report to the appropriate committees of jurisdiction of Congress on the plan developed under subsection (a) together
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