Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 124.djvu/969

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124 STAT. 943 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 (B) by striking ‘‘2010, and for such services furnished on or after April 1, 2010, and before January 1, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’; and (2) in each of clauses (i) and (ii)— (A) by striking ‘‘, and on or after April 1, 2010, and before January 1, 2011’’ each place it appears; and (B) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2011’’ each place it appears. (b) AIR AMBULANCE.—Section 146(b)(1) of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–275), as amended by section 3105(b), is further amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2009, and during the period beginning on April 1, 2010, and ending on January 1, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2010’’. (c) SUPER RURAL AMBULANCE.—Section 1834(l)(12)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(l)(12)(A)), as amended by section 3105(c), is further amended by striking ‘‘2010, and on or after April 1, 2010, and before January 1, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’. SEC. 10312. CERTAIN PAYMENT RULES FOR LONG-TERM CARE HOS- PITAL SERVICES AND MORATORIUM ON THE ESTABLISH- MENT OF CERTAIN HOSPITALS AND FACILITIES. (a) CERTAIN PAYMENT RULES.—Section 114(c) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 1395ww note), as amended by section 4302(a) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Public Law 111–5) and section 3106(a) of this Act, is further amended by striking ‘‘4-year period’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘5-year period’’. (b) MORATORIUM.—Section 114(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww note), as amended by section 3106(b) of this Act, in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), is amended by striking ‘‘4- year period’’ and inserting ‘‘5-year period’’. SEC. 10313. REVISIONS TO THE EXTENSION FOR THE RURAL COMMU - NITY HOSPITAL DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (g) of section 410A of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–173; 117 Stat. 2272), as added by section 3123(a) of this Act, is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(g) FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION OF DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the succeeding provisions of this subsection, the Secretary shall conduct the demonstration program under this section for an additional 5-year period (in this section referred to as the ‘5-year extension period’) that begins on the date immediately following the last day of the initial 5-year period under subsection (a)(5). ‘‘(2) EXPANSION OF DEMONSTRATION STATES.—Notwith- standing subsection (a)(2), during the 5-year extension period, the Secretary shall expand the number of States with low population densities determined by the Secretary under such subsection to 20. In determining which States to include in such expansion, the Secretary shall use the same criteria and data that the Secretary used to determine the States under such subsection for purposes of the initial 5-year period. ‘‘(3) INCREASE IN MAXIMUM NUMBER OF HOSPITALS PARTICI- PATING IN THE DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.—Notwithstanding subsection (a)(4), during the 5-year extension period, not more Criteria. Determination. 42 USC 1395ww note. 42 USC 1395m note.