S.Amdt. 3071

SA 3071. Mrs. HAGAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2786 proposed by Mr. Reid (for himself, Mr. Baucus, Mr.
Dodd, and Mr. Harkin) to the bill H.R. 3590, to amend the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers credit in the
case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other Federal
employees, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

On page 861, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following:

SEC. 3137A. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN MEDICARE GEOGRAPHIC
CLASSIFICATION REVIEW BOARD (MGCRB)
RECLASSIFICATIONS.

(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, for purposes of making payments under Section 1886(d) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395 ww (d)), the
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall permit any
hospital with Medicare Geographic Classification Review Board
reclassifications that overlap for one fiscal year with the
option to continue year three of the earlier reclassification
while waiving year one of the subsequent reclassification.
Such option shall be in addition to the option to immediately
transition to year one of the subsequent reclassification
with the loss of year three of the earlier reclassification.
(b) Application.--
(1) In general.--Subsection (a) shall apply to discharges
occurring on or after October 1, 2009.
(2) Special rule for fy 2010.--In the case of any hospital
whose year three Medicare Geographic Classification Review
Board reclassification was lost or eliminated for fiscal
2010, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
establish a process under which such hospital shall have 30
days from the date of the enactment of this Act to notify the
Secretary of the hospital's election to continue for fiscal
2010 the third year of their earlier Medicare Geographic
Classification Review Board reclassification.
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