To eliminate the sweetheart deals for Tennessee, Hawaii, Louisiana, Montana, Connecticut, and frontier States.

SA 3570. Mr. McCAIN (for himself, Mr. Burr, and Mr. Coburn) proposed
an amendment to the bill H.R. 4872, to provide for reconciliation
pursuant to Title II of the concurrent resolution on the budget for
fiscal year 2010 (S. Con. Res. 13); as follows:

At the end of subtitle F of title I, add the following:

SEC. 1502. ELIMINATION OF SWEETHEART DEALS.

(a) Repeals.--Effective as if included in the enactment of
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the following
provisions are repealed:
(1) Sweetheart deal to provide tennessee with medicaid dsh
funds.--Clause (v) of section 1923(f)(6)(A) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-4(f)(6)(A)), as added by
section 1203(b) of this Act.
(2) Sweetheart deal to provide hawaii with medicaid dsh
funds.--Clause (iii) of section 1923(f)(6)(B) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-4(f)(6)(B)), as added by
section 10201(e)(1)(A) of the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act.
(3) Sweetheart deal to provide louisiana with a special
increased medicaid fmap.--Subsection (aa) of section 1905 of
the Social Security Act, as added by section 2006 of the
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
(4) Sweetheart deal that increases medicare reimbursement
just for frontier states.--Section 10324 of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act (and the amendments made
by such section).
(5) Sweetheart deal granting medicare coverage for
individuals exposed to environmental hazards in libby,
montana.--Section 10323 of the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (and the amendments made by such
section).
(6) Sweetheart deal for a hospital in connecticut.--Section
10502 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
(b) Elimination of Sweetheart Deal That Reclassifies
Hospitals in Michigan and Connecticut to Increase Their
Medicare Reimbursement.--Section 3137(a) of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by section
10317 of such Act, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2)--
(A) by striking ``fiscal year 2010'' and all that follows
through ``for purposes of implementation of the amendment''
and inserting ``fiscal year 2010.--For purposes of
implementation of the amendment''; and
(B) by striking subparagraph (B); and
(2) by striking paragraph (3).
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