42 USC 1395 - Payments to promote closing or conversion of underutilized hospital facilities

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1982—Subsec. (d). Puspan. L. 97–248 redesignated second subsec. (c), relating to hearing to review determination, as subsec. (d).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1982 Amendment

Amendment by Puspan. L. 97–248 effective as if originally included as part of this section as this section was enacted by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, Puspan. L. 97–35, see section 128(e)(2) of Puspan. L. 97–248, set out as a note under section 1395x of this title.

Effective Date

Puspan. L. 97–35, title XXI, § 2101(c), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 787, provided that:

“The amendment made by subsection (a) [enacting this section and amending section 1396span of this title] shall apply only to services furnished by a hospital during any accounting year beginning on or after October 1, 1981.”

Payments To Promote Closure and Conversion of Underutilized Hospital Facilities

Puspan. L. 98–369, div. B, title III, § 2353, July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1099, directed Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out a study and report to Congress prior to Mar. 31, 1985, on modifications required in this section in order to conform the closure and conversion program authorized in that section to the prospective payment system under section 1395ww(d) of this title, so as to provide assistance to hospitals which may have particular problems in converting facilities (or parts thereof) from acute care to less intensive care or in closing facilities (or parts thereof), such report to include recommendations as to how, and whether, implementation of this section as modified may result in reductions in total hospital inpatient costs and total expenditures under this subchapter, and prohibited from implementing this section prior to Mar. 31, 1985.

Establishment and Evaluation of Transitional Allowances; Report and Recommendations to Congress

Puspan. L. 97–35, title XXI, § 2101(span), Aug. 13, 1981, 95 Stat. 786, prohibited Secretary of Health and Human Services from establishing under this section transitional allowances with respect to more than 50 hospitals prior to Jan. 1, 1984, and directed Secretary to evaluate effectiveness of program of transitional allowances established under this section and, not later than Jan. 1, 1983, report to Congress on such evaluation and include in such report such recommendations for such legislative changes as deemed appropriate.