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42 U.S.C. § 1396i — Certification and approval of rural health clinics and intermediate care facilities for mentally retarded
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**(a)**
(1) Whenever the Secretary certifies a facility in a State to be qualified as a rural health clinic under subchapter XVIII, such facility shall be deemed to meet the standards for certification as a rural health clinic for purposes of providing rural health clinic services under this subchapter.
(2) The Secretary shall notify the State agency administering the medical assistance plan of his approval or disapproval of any facility in that State which has applied for certification by him as a qualified rural health clinic.
**(b)**
(1) The Secretary may cancel approval of any intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded at any time if he finds on the basis of a determination made by him as provided in [section 1396a(a)(33)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1396a/a/33/B&num=0&edition=prelim) that a facility fails to meet the requirements contained in [section 1396a(a)(31) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1396a/a/31&num=0&edition=prelim) or [section 1396d(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1396d/d&num=0&edition=prelim), or if he finds grounds for termination of his agreement with the facility pursuant to [section 1395cc(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1395cc/b&num=0&edition=prelim). In that event the Secretary shall notify the State agency and the intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded that approval of eligibility of the facility to participate in the programs established by this subchapter and subchapter XVIII shall be terminated at a time specified by the Secretary. The approval of eligibility of any such
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**(a)**
(1) Whenever the Secretary certifies a facility in a State to be qualified as a rural health clinic under subchapter XVIII, such facility shall be deemed to meet the standards for certification as a rural health clinic for purposes of providing rural health clinic services under this subchapter.
(2) The Secretary shall notify the State agency administering the medical assistance plan of his approval or disapproval of any facility in that State which has applied for certification by him as a qualified rural health clinic.
**(b)**
(1) The Secretary may cancel approval of any intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded at any time if he finds on the basis of a determination made by him as provided in [section 1396a(a)(33)(B) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1396a/a/33/B&num=0&edition=prelim) that a facility fails to meet the requirements contained in [section 1396a(a)(31) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1396a/a/31&num=0&edition=prelim) or [section 1396d(d) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1396d/d&num=0&edition=prelim), or if he finds grounds for termination of his agreement with the facility pursuant to [section 1395cc(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1395cc/b&num=0&edition=prelim). In that event the Secretary shall notify the State agency and the intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded that approval of eligibility of the facility to participate in the programs established by this subchapter and subchapter XVIII shall be terminated at a time specified by the Secretary. The approval of eligibility of any such facility to participate in such programs may not be reinstated unless the Secretary finds that the reason for termination has been removed and there is reasonable assurance that it will not recur.
(2) Any intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded which is dissatisfied with a determination by the Secretary that it no longer qualifies as a 11 So in original. Probably should be “an”. intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded for purposes of this subchapter, shall be entitled to a hearing by the Secretary to the same extent as is provided in [section 405(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section405/b&num=0&edition=prelim) and to judicial review of the Secretary’s final decision after such hearing as is provided in [section 405(g) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section405/g&num=0&edition=prelim), except that, in so applying such sections and in applying section 405(l) of this title thereto, any reference therein to the Commissioner of Social Security or the Social Security Administration shall be considered a reference to the Secretary or the Department of Health and Human Services, respectively. Any agreement between such facility and the State agency shall remain in effect until the period for filing a request for a hearing has expired or, if a request has been filed, until a decision has been made by the Secretary; except that the agreement shall not be extended if the Secretary makes a written determination, specifying the reasons therefor, that the continuation of provider status constitutes an immediate and serious threat to the health and safety of patients, and the Secretary certifies that the facility has been notified of its deficiencies and has failed to correct them.
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**(a) Covered services** Except as otherwise provided under this section, a State may use amounts paid to it under [section 703 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section703&num=0&edition=prelim) for the provision of health services and related activities (including planning, administration, education, and evaluation and including payment of salaries and other related expenses of National Health Service Corps personnel) consistent with its application transmitted under [section 705(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section705/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Restrictions** Amounts described in subsection (a) may not be used for—
(1) inpatient services, other than inpatient services provided to children with special health care needs or to high-risk pregnant women and infants and such other inpatient services as the Secretary may approve;
(2) cash payments to intended recipients of health services;
(3) the purchase or improvement of land, the purchase, construction, or permanent improvement (other than minor remodeling) of any building or other facility, or the purchase of major medical equipment;
(4) satisfying any requirement for the expenditure of non-Federal funds as a condition for the receipt of Federal funds;
(5) providing funds for research or training to any entity other than a public or nonprofit private entity; or
(6) payment for any item or service (other than an emergency item or service) furnished—
(A) by an individual or entity during the period when such individual or entity is excluded under this subchapter or subchapter XVIII, XIX, or XX pursuant to section 1320a–7, 1320a–7a, 1320c–5, or 1395u(j)(2) of this title, or
(B) at the medical direct
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Every bill or joint resolution in each House of Congress shall, when such bill or resolution passes either House, be printed, and such printed copy shall be called the engrossed bill or resolution as the case may be. Said engrossed bill or resolution shall be signed by the Clerk of the House or the Secretary of the Senate, and shall be sent to the other House, and in that form shall be dealt with by that House and its officers, and, if passed, returned signed by said Clerk or Secretary. When such bill, or joint resolution shall have passed both Houses, it shall be printed and shall then be called the enrolled bill, or joint resolution, as the case may be, and shall be signed by the presiding officers of both Houses and sent to the President of the United States. During the last six days of a session such engrossing and enrolling of bills and joint resolutions may be done otherwise than as above prescribed, upon the order of Congress by concurrent resolution.
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**(a) Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund** There is hereby created on the books of the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the “Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund”. The Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund shall consist of the securities held by the Secretary of the Treasury for the Old-Age Reserve Account and the amount standing to the credit of the Old-Age Reserve Account on the books of the Treasury on January 1, 1940, which securities and amount the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to transfer to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, and, in addition, such gifts and bequests as may be made as provided in subsection (i)(1), and such amounts as may be appropriated to, or deposited in, the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund as hereinafter provided. There is hereby appropriated to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1941, and for each fiscal year thereafter, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, amounts equivalent to 100 per centum of—
(1) the taxes (including interest, penalties, and additions to the taxes) received under subchapter A of chapter 9 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 (and covered into the Treasury) which are deposited into the Treasury by collectors of internal revenue before January 1, 1951; and
(2) the taxes certified each month by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue as taxes received under subchapter A of chapter 9 of such Code which are deposited into the Treasury by collectors of internal revenue after December 31, 1950, and before January 1, 1953, with respect to assessments of such taxes made before January 1, 1951; and
(3) the taxes imposed by
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**(a) Subsidy payment**
(1) **In general** — The Secretary shall provide in accordance with this subsection for payment to the sponsor of a qualified retiree prescription drug plan (as defined in paragraph (2)) of a special subsidy payment equal to the amount specified in paragraph (3) for each qualified covered retiree under the plan (as defined in paragraph (4)). This subsection constitutes budget authority in advance of appropriations Acts and represents the obligation of the Secretary to provide for the payment of amounts provided under this section.
(2) **Qualified retiree prescription drug plan defined** — For purposes of this subsection, the term “qualified retiree prescription drug plan” means employment-based retiree health coverage (as defined in subsection (c)(1)) if, with respect to a part D eligible individual who is a participant or beneficiary under such coverage, the following requirements are met:
(A) *Attestation of actuarial equivalence to standard coverage* — The sponsor of the plan provides the Secretary, annually or at such other time as the Secretary may require, with an attestation that the actuarial value of prescription drug coverage under the plan (as determined using the processes and methods described in [section 1395w–111(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1395w–111/c&num=0&edition=prelim)) is at least equal to the actuarial value of standard prescription drug coverage, not taking into account the value of—
(i) for years prior to 2025, any discount or coverage provided during the gap in prescription drug coverage that occurs between the initial coverage limit under [section 1395w–102(b)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-
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**(a) “Nursing facility” defined** In this subchapter, the term “nursing facility” means an institution (or a distinct part of an institution) which—
(1) is primarily engaged in providing to residents—
(A) skilled nursing care and related services for residents who require medical or nursing care,
(B) rehabilitation services for the rehabilitation of injured, disabled, or sick persons, or
(C) on a regular basis, health-related care and services to individuals who because of their mental or physical condition require care and services (above the level of room and board) which can be made available to them only through institutional facilities,
and is not primarily for the care and treatment of mental diseases;
(2) has in effect a transfer agreement (meeting the requirements of section 1395x(l) of this title) with one or more hospitals having agreements in effect under [section 1395cc of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1395cc&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(3) meets the requirements for a nursing facility described in subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section.
Such term also includes any facility which is located in a State on an Indian reservation and is certified by the Secretary as meeting the requirements of paragraph (1) and subsections (b), (c), and (d).
**(b) Requirements relating to provision of services**
(1) **Quality of life**
(A) *In general* — A nursing facility must care for its residents in such a manner and in such an environment as will promote maintenance or enhancement of the quality of life of each resident.
(B) *Quality assessment and assurance* — A nursing facility must maintain a quality assessment and assurance committee, consisting of the director of nursing services, a
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**(a) Filing of agreements; eligibility for payment; charges with respect to items and services**
(1) Any provider of services (except a fund designated for purposes of section 1395f(g) and [section 1395n(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1395n/e&num=0&edition=prelim)) shall be qualified to participate under this subchapter and shall be eligible for payments under this subchapter if it files with the Secretary an agreement—
(A)
(i) not to charge, except as provided in paragraph (2), any individual or any other person for items or services for which such individual is entitled to have payment made under this subchapter (or for which he would be so entitled if such provider of services had complied with the procedural and other requirements under or pursuant to this subchapter or for which such provider is paid pursuant to the provisions of [section 1395f(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1395f/e&num=0&edition=prelim)), and (ii) not to impose any charge that is prohibited under [section 1396a(n)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1396a/n/3&num=0&edition=prelim),
(B) not to charge any individual or any other person for items or services for which such individual is not entitled to have payment made under this subchapter because payment for expenses incurred for such items or services may not be made by reason of the provisions of paragraph (1) or (9) of [section 1395y(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1395y/a&num=0&edition=prelim), but only if (i) such individual was without fault in incurring such expenses and (ii) the Secret
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TITLE 42—THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
§ 1396i
(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XIX, § 1908A, formerly
§ 1908, as added Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII,
§ 13623(b), Aug. 10, 1993, 107 Stat. 633, renumbered
§ 1908A, Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(6) [title
VI, § 608(y)(1)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536,
1501A–398.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Pub. L. 103–66, title XIII, § 13623(c), Aug. 10, 1993, 107
Stat. 635, provided that:
‘‘(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amend-
ments made by this section [enacting this section and
amending section 1396a of this title] apply to calendar
quarters beginning on or after April 1, 1994, without re-
gard to whether or not final regulations to carry out
such amendments have been promulgated by such date.
‘‘(2) In the case of a State plan under title XIX of the
Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.] which the
Secretary of Health and Human Services determines re-
quires State legislation in order for the plan to meet
the additional requirements imposed by the amend-
ments made by this section, the State plan shall not be
regarded as failing to comply with the requirements of
such title solely on the basis of its failure to meet
these additional requirements before the first day of
the first calendar quarter beginning after the close of
the first regular session of the State legislature that
begins after the date of enactment of this Act [Aug. 10,
1993]. For purposes of the preceding sentence, in the
case of a State that has a 2-year legislative session,
each year of such session shall be deemed to be a sepa-
rate regular session of the State legislature.’’
§ 1396h. State false claims act requirements for
increased State share of recoveries
(a) In general
Notwi
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