PUBLIC LAW 97-248—SEPT. 3, 1982
96 STAT. 331
TITLE VI—FEDERAL SUPPLEMENTAL COMPENSATION PROGRAM Subtitle A—Extension of Benefits Sec. 601. Short title. Sec. 602. Federal-State agreements. Sec. 603. Payments to States having agreements for the payment of Federal supplemental compensation. Sec. 604. Financing provisions. Sec. 605. Definitions. Sec. 606. Fraud and overpayments. Subtitle B—Taxation of Unemployment Compensation Sec. 611. Taxation of unemployment compensation.
(c) AMENDMENT OF 1954 CODE.—Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in titles II, III, and IV an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954.
TITLE I—PROVISIONS RELATING TO SAVINGS IN HEALTH AND INCOME SECURITY PROGRAMS Subtitle A—Medicare PART I—CHANGES IN PAYMENTS FOR SERVICES Subpart A—Amount of Payment for Institutional Services P A Y M E N T FOR INPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES
SEC. 101. (a)(1) Title XVIII of the Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: " P A Y M E N T TO HOSPITALS FOR INPATIENT HOSPITAL SERVICES
"SEC. 1886. (a)(l)(A)(i) The Secretary, in determining the amount 42 USC 1395w. of the payments that may be made under this title with respect to operating costs of inpatient hospital services (as defined in paragraph (4)) shall not recognize as reasonable (in the efficient delivery of health services) costs for the provision of such services by a hospital for a cost reporting period to the extent such costs exceed the applicable percentage (as determined under clause (ii)) of the average of such costs for all hospitals in the same grouping as such hospital for comparable time periods. "(ii) For purposes of clause (i), the applicable percentage for hospital cost reporting periods beginning— "(I) on or after October 1, 1982, and before October 1, 1983, is 120 percent; "(II) on or after October 1, 1983, and before October 1, 1984, is 115 percent; and "(III) on or after October 1, 1984, is 110 percent. "(B)(i) For purposes of subparagraph (A) the Secretary shall establish case mix indexes for all short-term hospitals, and shall set limits for each hospital based upon the general mix of types of
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