124 STAT. 764 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 ‘‘(II) any dismissal or closure of the pro- ceedings by reason of the provider, supplier, or practitioner surrendering their license or leaving the State or jurisdiction’’; and (ii) by striking clause (iv) and inserting the fol- lowing: ‘‘(iv) Exclusion from participation in a Federal health care program (as defined in section 1128B(f)).’’; (B) in paragraph (3)— (i) by striking subparagraphs (D) and (E); and (ii) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as subpara- graph (D); and (C) in subparagraph (D) (as so redesignated), by striking ‘‘or State’’. (b) INFORMATION REPORTED BY STATE LAW OR FRAUD ENFORCE- MENT AGENCIES.—Section 1921 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–2) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (1)— (i) by striking ‘‘SYSTEM.—The State’’ and all that follows through the semicolon and inserting SYSTEM.— ‘‘(A) LICENSING OR CERTIFICATION ACTIONS.—The State must have in effect a system of reporting the following information with respect to formal proceedings (as defined by the Secretary in regulations) concluded against a health care practitioner or entity by a State licensing or certifi- cation agency:’’; (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) through (D) as clauses (i) through (iv), respectively, and indenting appropriately; (iii) in subparagraph (A)(iii) (as so redesignated)— (I) by striking ‘‘the license of’’ and inserting ‘‘license or the right to apply for, or renew, a license by’’; and (II) by inserting ‘‘nonrenewability,’’ after ‘‘vol- untary surrender,’’; and (iv) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: ‘‘(B) OTHER FINAL ADVERSE ACTIONS.—The State must have in effect a system of reporting information with respect to any final adverse action (not including settle- ments in which no findings of liability have been made) taken against a health care provider, supplier, or practi- tioner by a State law or fraud enforcement agency.’’; and (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the authority described in paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘a State licensing or certification agency or State law or fraud enforcement agency’’; (2) in subsection (b)— (A) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the fol- lowing: ‘‘(2) to State licensing or certification agencies and Federal agencies responsible for the licensing and certification of health care providers, suppliers, and licensed health care practi- tioners;’’; Reports. Reports. Regulations.
