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PUBLIC LAW 103-66 —AUG. 10, 1993 107 STAT. 573 "(XIII) for fiscal year 199iB and each subsequent fiscal year, the market basket percentage increase for hospitals in all arefis.". (2) UPDATES FOR SOLE COMMUNITY HOSPITALS AND MEDI- CARE-DEPENDENT, SMALL RURAL HOSPITALS. — (A) IN GENERAL. —Section 1886(b)(3)(B) (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(b)(3)(B)) is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: "(iv) For purposes of subparagraphs (C) and (D), the 'applicable percentage increase' is— "(I) for 12-month cost reporting periods beginning during fiscal years 1986 through 1993, the applicable percentage increase specified in clause (ii), "(11) for fiscal year 1994, the market basket percentage increase minus 2.3 percentage points (taking into account any portion of the 12-month cost reporting period beginning during fiscal year 1993 that occurred duringfiscalyear 1994), "(III) for fiscal year 1995, the market basket percentage increase minus 2.2 percentage points, and "(TV) for fiscal year 19^ and each subsequent fiscal year, the applicable percentage increase under clause (i).". (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— Section 1886(b)(3) (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(b)(3)) is amended— (i) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking ", (C), (D),"; (ii) in subparagraph (C)(i)(II), by striking "or at the end; (iii) in clause (ii) of subparagraph (C)— (I) by striking "period, the target" and inserting "period beginning before fiscal year 1994, the target", (II) by striking "subparagraph (B)(ii)" and inserting "subparagraph (B)(iv)", and (III) by striking the period at the end of such clause and inserting a comma; (iv) in subparagraph (C), by inserting after clause (ii) the following new clauses: "(iii) with respect to discharges occurring in fiscal year 1994, the target amount for the cost reporting period beginning in fiscal year 1993 increased by the applicable percentage increase under subparagraph (B)(iv), or "(iv) with respect to dischcurges occurring in fiscal year 1995 and each subsequent fiscal year, the target amount for the preceding year increased by the applicable percentage increase under subparagraph (B)(iv)."; (v) in clause (ii) of subparagraph (D)— (I) by striking "period, the target" and inserting "period beginning before fiscal year 1994, the target", (II) by striking "(B)(ii)" and inserting "(B)(iv)", and (III) by striking the period at the end of such clause and inserting ", and"; and (vi) in subparagraph (D), by inserting after clause (ii) the following new clause: "(iii) with respect to discharges occurring in fiscal year 1994, the target amount for the cost reporting period beginning