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124 STAT. 558 PUBLIC LAW 111–148—MAR. 23, 2010 1395l(t)(1)(B)(iv)), as amended by section 4103(c)(3)(A), is amended— (i) by striking ‘‘or’’ before ‘‘personalized prevention plan services’’; and (ii) by inserting before the period the following: ‘‘, or preventive services described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 1861(ddd)(3) that are appropriate for the individual and, in the case of such services described in subparagraph (A), are recommended with a grade of A or B by the United States Preventive Services Task Force for any indication or population’’. (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1833(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(a)(2)), as amended by section 4103(c)(3)(B), is amended— (i) in subparagraph (G)(ii), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end; (ii) in subparagraph (H), by striking the comma at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and (iii) by inserting after subparagraph (H) the fol- lowing new subparagraph: ‘‘(I) with respect to preventive services described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 1861(ddd)(3) that are appropriate for the individual and are furnished by an outpatient department of a hospital and, in the case of such services described in subparagraph (A), are rec- ommended with a grade of A or B by the United States Preventive Services Task Force for any indication or popu- lation, the amount determined under paragraph (1)(W) or (1)(Y),’’. (c) WAIVER OF APPLICATION OF DEDUCTIBLE FOR PREVENTIVE SERVICES AND COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENING TESTS.—Section 1833(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(b)), as amended by section 4103(c)(4), is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘items and services described in section 1861(s)(10)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘preventive services described in subparagraph (A) of section 1861(ddd)(3) that are recommended with a grade of A or B by the United States Preventive Services Task Force for any indication or population and are appropriate for the individual.’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘Para- graph (1) of the first sentence of this subsection shall apply with respect to a colorectal cancer screening test regardless of the code that is billed for the establishment of a diagnosis as a result of the test, or for the removal of tissue or other matter or other procedure that is furnished in connection with, as a result of, and in the same clinical encounter as the screening test.’’. (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section shall apply to items and services furnished on or after January 1, 2011. SEC. 4105. EVIDENCE-BASED COVERAGE OF PREVENTIVE SERVICES IN MEDICARE. (a) AUTHORITY TO MODIFY OR ELIMINATE COVERAGE OF CERTAIN PREVENTIVE SERVICES.—Section 1834 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 42 USC 1395l note.