117 STAT. 2426
42 USC 1314 note.
PUBLIC LAW 108–173—DEC. 8, 2003
(B) is redesignated as subsection (j). (2) Section 1862 (42 U.S.C. 1395y) is amended— (A) in the last sentence of subsection (a), by striking ‘‘established under section 1114(f)’’; and (B) in subsection (j), as so transferred and redesignated— (i) by striking ‘‘under subsection (f)’’; and (ii) by striking ‘‘section 1862(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’. (b) TERMINOLOGY CORRECTIONS.—(1) Section 1869(c)(3)(I)(ii) (42 U.S.C. 1395ff(c)(3)(I)(ii)) is amended— (A) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘policy’’ and inserting ‘‘determination’’; and (B) in subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘medical review policies’’ and inserting ‘‘coverage determinations’’. (2) Section 1852(a)(2)(C) (42 U.S.C. 1395w–22(a)(2)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘policy’’ and ‘‘POLICY’’ and inserting ‘‘determination’’ each place it appears and ‘‘DETERMINATION’’, respectively. (c) REFERENCE CORRECTIONS.—Section 1869(f)(4) (42 U.S.C. 1395ff(f)(4)) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A)(iv), by striking ‘‘subclause (I), (II), or (III)’’ and inserting ‘‘clause (i), (ii), or (iii)’’; (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘clause (i)(IV)’’ and ‘‘clause (i)(III)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A)(iv)’’ and ‘‘subparagraph (A)(iii)’’, respectively; and (3) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘clause (i)’’, ‘‘subclause (IV)’’ and ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A)’’, ‘‘clause (iv)’’ and ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’, respectively each place it appears. (d) OTHER CORRECTIONS.—Effective as if included in the enactment of section 521(c) of BIPA, section 1154(e) (42 U.S.C. 1320c– 3(e)) is amended by striking paragraph (5). (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as otherwise provided, the amendments made by this section shall be effective as if included in the enactment of BIPA. SEC. 949. CONFORMING AUTHORITY TO WAIVE A PROGRAM EXCLUSION.
The first sentence of section 1128(c)(3)(B) (42 U.S.C. 1320a– 7(c)(3)(B)) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘Subject to subparagraph (G), in the case of an exclusion under subsection (a), the minimum period of exclusion shall be not less than five years, except that, upon the request of the administrator of a Federal health care program (as defined in section 1128B(f)) who determines that the exclusion would impose a hardship on individuals entitled to benefits under part A of title XVIII or enrolled under part B of such title, or both, the Secretary may, after consulting with the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services, waive the exclusion under subsection (a)(1), (a)(3), or (a)(4) with respect to that program in the case of an individual or entity that is the sole community physician or sole source of essential specialized services in a community.’’. SEC. 950. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN DENTAL CLAIMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1862 (42 U.S.C. 1395y) is amended by adding at the end, after the subsection transferred and redesignated by section 948(a), the following new subsection:
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