12 2 STA T . 2 5 11 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 7 5 —J UL Y 15 , 200 8(PublicLaw1 1 0– 1 73)forthes ole p urpose of pro v i d i ng outreach to individuals regarding the benefits available under the M edicare prescription drug benefit under part D of title XVI II of the S ocial Securit yA ct .T he Secretary shall republish the re q uest for proposals issued on April 17 ,2 00 8 ,inordertoco m ply with the preceding sentence. (f) M EDICAR ESA V I NGS PR O GRA M DE F INED. —F or purposes of this section, the term ‘ ‘Medicare Savings Program ’ ’ means the pro - gram of medical assistance for payment of the cost of medicare cost-sharing under the Medicaid program pursuant to sections 1 9 02(a)(10)( E ) and 1933 of the Social Security Act ( 4 2 U .S. C . 139 6 a(a)(10)(E), 1396u–3). Subti t leB—Prov i s io n s R el a tin g to Part ASEC.12 1.E XPAN S IO NAN D EX T ENSION O F T H E M EDICA R ER U RA L HOS - PITAL FLEXI B ILIT Y PRO G RAM. (a) IN G ENERA L .—Section 1820(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 139 5 i–4(g)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph
‘‘(6) PROVIDING MEN T AL H EALTH SERVICES AND OTHER HEALTH SERVICES TO VETERANS AND OTHER RESIDENTS OF R U RAL AREAS.— ‘‘(A) GRANTS TO STATES.—The Secretary may award grants to States that have submitted applications in accord- ance with subparagraph ( B ) for increasing the delivery of mental health services or other health care services deemed necessary to meet the needs of veterans of O per- ation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom living in rural areas (as defined for purposes of section 1886(d) and including areas that are rural census trac k s, as defined by the Administrator of the H ealth R esources and Services Administration), including for the provision of crisis intervention services and the detection of post- traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain in j ury, and other signature injuries of veterans of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, and for referral of such veterans to medical facilities operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for the delivery of such services to other residents of such rural areas. ‘‘(B) A P PLICATION.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—An application is in accordance with this subparagraph if the State submits to the Secretary at such time and in such form as the Sec- retary may require an application containing the assur- ances described in subparagraphs (A)(ii) and (A)(iii) of subsection (b)(1). ‘‘(ii) CONSIDERATION OF REGIONAL APPROACHES, NET W OR K S, OR TECHNOLOG Y .—The Secretary may, as appropriate in awarding grants to States under subparagraph (A), consider whether the application submitted by a State under this subparagraph includes 1 or more proposals that utili z e regional approaches, networks, health information technology, telehealth, or telemedicine to deliver services described in subparagraph (A) to individuals described in that Publicat i on.
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