117 STAT. 2384
PUBLIC LAW 108–173—DEC. 8, 2003 (i) by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B); (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘carriers’’ and inserting ‘‘medicare administrative contractors’’; and (iii) by striking subparagraphs (D) and (E); (C) in paragraph (3)— (i) in the matter before subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘Each such contract shall provide that the carrier’’ and inserting ‘‘The Secretary’’; (ii) by striking ‘‘will’’ the first place it appears in each of subparagraphs (A), (B), (F), (G), (H), and (L) and inserting ‘‘shall’’; (iii) in subparagraph (B), in the matter before clause (i), by striking ‘‘to the policyholders and subscribers of the carrier’’ and inserting ‘‘to the policyholders and subscribers of the medicare administrative contractor’’; (iv) by striking subparagraphs (C), (D), and (E); (v) in subparagraph (H)— (I) by striking ‘‘if it makes determinations or payments with respect to physicians’ services,’’ in the matter preceding clause (i); and (II) by striking ‘‘carrier’’ and inserting ‘‘medicare administrative contractor’’ in clause (i); (vi) by striking subparagraph (I); (vii) in subparagraph (L), by striking the semicolon and inserting a period; (viii) in the first sentence, after subparagraph (L), by striking ‘‘and shall contain’’ and all that follows through the period; and (ix) in the seventh sentence, by inserting ‘‘medicare administrative contractor,’’ after ‘‘carrier,’’; (D) by striking paragraph (5); (E) in paragraph (6)(D)(iv), by striking ‘‘carrier’’ and inserting ‘‘medicare administrative contractor’’; and (F) in paragraph (7), by striking ‘‘the carrier’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary’’ each place it appears. (4) Subsection (c) is amended— (A) by striking paragraph (1); (B) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘contract under this section which provides for the disbursement of funds, as described in subsection (a)(1)(B),’’ and inserting ‘‘contract under section 1874A that provides for making payments under this part’’; (C) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘subsection (a)(1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1874A(a)(3)(B)’’; (D) in paragraph (4), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘carrier’’ and inserting ‘‘medicare administrative contractor’’; and (E) by striking paragraphs (5) and (6). (5) Subsections (d), (e), and (f) are repealed. (6) Subsection (g) is amended by striking ‘‘carrier or carriers’’ and inserting ‘‘medicare administrative contractor or contractors’’. (7) Subsection (h) is amended— (A) in paragraph (2)—
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