DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE HOSPITALS: COUNTING OF IN-PATIENT DAYS.

SEC. 4702. DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE HOSPITALS: COUNTING OF IN-PATIENT DAYS. (a) Clarification of Medicaid Disproportionate Share Adjustment Calculation.— Section 1923(b)(2) (42 U.S.C. 1396r–4(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “In this paragraph, the term ‘inpatient day’ includes each day in which an individual (including a newborn) is an inpatient in the hospital, whether or not the individual is in a specialized ward and whether or not the individual remains in the hospital for lack of suitable placement elsewhere.”. (b) Effective Date.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on July 1, 1990.