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PUBLIC LAW 101-508 —NOV. 5, 1990 104 STAT. 1388-197 "(v) provides for a payment adjustment for a disproportionate share hospital (as defined under State law consistent with section 1923 of the Social Security Act) in a manner consistent with the requirements of such section; and "(vi) provides for payment, in the case of childrens' hospital services provided to medicaid beneficiaries who are under 21 years of age, who are children with special health care needs under title V of the Social Security Act, and who are receiving care coordination services under such title, at rates determined by the California Medical Assistance Commission. "(C) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to any period for which the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines that the number of medicaid beneficiaries enrolled with health insuring organizations described in subparagraph (B) exceeds 10 percent of the number of such beneficiaries in the State of California. "(D) In this paragraph, the term 'medicaid beneficiary' means an individual who is entitled to medical assistance under the State plan under title XIX of the Social Security Act, other than a qualified medicare beneficiary who is only entitled to such assistance because of section 1902(a)(10)(E) of such title.". Subpart D—Demonstration Projects and Home and Community-Based Waivers SEC. 4741. HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED WAIVERS. (a) TREATMENT OF ROOM AND BOARD.— (1) Subsections (c)(1) and (d)(1) of section 1915 (42 U.S.C. 1396n) are each amended by adding at the end the following: "For purposes of this subsection, the term 'room and board' shall not include an amount established under a method determined by the State to reflect the portion of costs of rent and food attributable to an unrelated personal caregiver who is residing in the same household with an individual who, but for the assistance of such caregiver, would require admission to a hospital, nursing facility, or intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded.". (b) ADJUSTMENT TO 1915(d) CEILING TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE ADDED COSTS OF OBRA 87.— Section 1915(d)(5)(B)(iv) (42 U.S.C. 1396n(d)(5)(B)(iv)) is amended by striking "this title" the first place it appears and inserting "this title whose provisions become effective on or after such date. SEC. 4742. TIMELY PAYMENT UNDER WAIVERS OF FREEDOM OF CHOICE OF HOSPITAL SERVICES. (a) IN GENERAL. — Section 1915(b)(4) (42 U.S.C. 1396n(b)(4)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: "and if providers under such restriction are paid on a timely basis in the same manner as health care practitioners must be paid under section 1902(a)(37)(A)". (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) 42 USC 1396n shall take effect as of the first calendar quarter beginning more "°*®- than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) TREATMENT OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION OR A RE- LATED CONDITION IN A DECERTIFIED FACILITY.— (1) IN GENERAL.— Section 1915(c)(7) (42 U.S.C. 1396n(c)(7)) is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: