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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1986

100 STAT. 314

District of Columbia.

42 USC 418.

PUBLIC LAW 99-272—APR. 7, 1986 "(ii) the service is performed— "(I) by an individual who is employed by a State or political subdivision thereof to relieve him from unemployment, "(H) in a hospital, home, or other institution by a patient or inmate thereof as an employee of a State or political subdivision thereof or of the District of Columbia, "(III) by an individual, as an employee of a State or political subdivision thereof or of the District of Columbia, serving on a temporary basis in case of fire, storm, snow, earthquake, flood or other similar emergency, or "(IV) by any individual as an employee included under section 5351(2) of title 5, United States Code (relating to certain interns, student nurses, and other student employees of hospitals of the District of Columbia Government), other than as a medical or dental intern or a medical or dental resident in training. As used in this subparagraph, the terms 'State' and 'political subdivision' have the meanings given those terms in section 218(b) of the Social Security Act. "(C) EXCEPTION FOR CURRENT EMPLOYMENT WHICH CON-

TINUES.—Service performed for an employer shall not be treated as employment by reason of subparagraph (A) if— "(i) such service would be excluded from the term 'employment' for purposes of this chapter if subparagraph (A) did not apply; "(ii) such service is performed by an individual— "(I) who was performing substantial and regular service for remuneration for that employer before April 1, 1986, "(II) who is a bona fide employee of that employer on March 31, 1986, and "(III) whose employment relationship with that employer was not entered into for purposes of meeting the requirements of this subparagraph; and "(iii) the employment relationship with that employer has not been terminated after March 31, 1986. "(D) TREATMENT OF AGENCIES AND INSTRUMENTAUTIES.—

District of Columbia. 42 USC 418.

For purposes of subparagraph (C), under regulations— "(j) All agencies and instrumentalities of a State (as defined in section 218(b) of the Social Security Act) or of the District of Columbia shall be treated as a single employer. "(ii) All agencies and instrumentalities of a political subdivision of a State (as so defined) shall be treated as a single employer and shall not be treated as described in clause (i). "(3)

MEDICARE QUALIFIED GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT.—For

purposes of this chapter, the term 'medicare qualified government employment' means service which— "(A) is employment (as defined in subsection (b)) with the application of paragraphs (1) and (2), but