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101 STAT. 1330-207
PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1987
101 STAT. 1330-207

PUBLIC LAW 100-203—DEC. 22, 1987

101 STAT. 1330-207

(E) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking "or skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility services" and inserting ", nursing facility services, or services in an intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded"; (F) in paragraph (5), by striking "skilled nursing facility or intermediate care facility" and inserting "nursing facility or intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded"; and (G) in paragraph (7), by striking "or in skilled nursing or intermediate care facilities" and inserting ", nursing facilities, or intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded". (11) Section 1916 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396m) is amended, in subsections (a)(2)(C) and (b)(2)(C), by striking "skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility" and inserting "nursing facility, intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded". (12) Section 1917 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396p), as amended by this title, is further amended— (A) in subsections (a)(l)(B)(i) and (c)(2)(B)(i), by striking "skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility" and inserting "nursing facility, intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded", and (B) in subsection (c)(3)(A), by striking "skilled". (i) UTILIZATION REVIEW.—Section 1903(i)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(i)(4)) is amended by striking "or skilled nursing facility" each place it appears. (j) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, upon request by a State, furnish technical assistance with respect to the development and implementation of reimbursement methods for nursing facilities that take into account the case mix of residents in the different facilities. (k) REPORT ON STAFFING REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall report to Congress, by not later than January 1, 1993, on the progress made in implementing the nursing facility staffing requirements of subparagraph (C) of section 1919(b)(4) of the Social Security Act (as amended by subsection (a) of this section), including the number and types of waivers approved under subparagraph (C)(ii) of such section and the number of facilities which have received waivers.

42 USC 139Go.

42 USC 1396a note.

42 USC 1396r note.

(1) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 9516(c) of the Consolidated

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 is amended by striking 42 USC 1396r-3 note. "section 1919" and inserting "section 1922". SEC. 4212. SURVEY AND CERTIFICATION PROCESS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1919 of the Social Security Act, as inserted by section 4211, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: "(g) SURVEY AND CERTIFICATION PROCESS.— "(1) STATE AND FEDERAL RESPONSIBILITY.—

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"(A) IN GENERAL.—Under each State plan under this title, the State shall be responsible for certifying, in accordance with surveys conducted under paragraph (2), the compliance of nursing facilities (other than facilities of the State) with the requirements of subsections (b), (c), and (d). The Secretary shall be responsible for certifying, in accordance with surveys conducted under paragraph (2), the compliance of State nursing facilities with the requirements of such subsections.