[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 954 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 954

   To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a 
   technical correction to the amendments made by section 422 of the 
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 21, 2007

Mr. Kohl (for himself and Mr. Feingold) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for a 
   technical correction to the amendments made by section 422 of the 
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Medicare Residency Program Technical 
Correction Act of 2007''.

SEC. 2. REINSTATEMENT OF FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT RESIDENT SLOTS THAT WERE 
              ERRONEOUSLY ELIMINATED.

    (a) In General.--Section 1886(h)(7) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395ww(h)(7)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); 
        and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(D) Adjustment based on settled cost report.--In 
                the case of a hospital for which--
                            ``(i) the otherwise applicable resident 
                        limit was reduced under subparagraph (A)(i)(I); 
                        and
                            ``(ii) such reduction was based on a 
                        reference resident level that was determined 
                        using a cost report that was subsequently 
                        settled, whether as a result of an appeal or 
                        otherwise, and the reference resident level 
                        under such settled cost report is higher than 
                        the level used for the reduction under 
                        subparagraph (A)(i)(I),
                the Secretary shall apply subparagraph (A)(i)(I) using 
                the higher resident reference level and make any 
                necessary adjustments to such reduction. Any such 
                necessary adjustments shall be effective for portions 
                of cost reporting periods occurring on or after July 1, 
                2005.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of section 422 of the Medicare 
Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public 
Law 108-173).
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