EXTENSION OF CERTAIN LTCH MEDICARE PAYMENT RULES.

SEC. 15006. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN LTCH MEDICARE PAYMENT RULES.(a) 25–Percent Patient Threshold Payment Adjustment.—Section 114(c)(1)(A) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 1395ww note), as amended by section 4302(a) of division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Public Law 111–5), sections 3106(a) and 10312(a) of Public Law 111–148, and section 1206(b)(1)(B) of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 (division B of Public Law 113–67), is amended by striking “for a 9-year period” and inserting “through June 30, 2016, and for discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2016, and before October 1, 2017”.(b) Payment for Hospitals-Within-Hospitals.—Section 114(c)(2) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 1395ww note), as amended by section 4302(a) of division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Public Law 111–5), sections 3106(a) and 10312(a) of Public Law 111–148, and section 1206(b)(1)(A) of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 (division B of Public Law 113–67), is amended—(1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting “or any similar provision,” after “Regulations,”;(2) in subparagraph (B)—(A) in clause (i), by inserting “or any similar provision,” after “Regulations,”; and(B) in clause (ii), by inserting “, or any similar provision,” after “Regulations”; and(3) in subparagraph (C), by striking “for a 9-year period” and inserting “through June 30, 2016, and for discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2016, and before October 1, 2017”.