EXTENDING HOME HEALTH SERVICES.

SEC. 206. EXTENDING HOME HEALTH SERVICES. (a) In General.— Section 1861(m) (42 U.S.C. 1395x(m)) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (4) and sections 1814(a)(2)(C) and 1835(a)(2)(A),102 STAT. 732nursing care and home health aide services shall be considered to be provided or needed on an ‘intermittent’ basis if they are provided or needed less than 7 days each week and, in the case they are provided or needed for 7 days each week, if they are provided or needed for a period of up to 38 consecutive days.”. (b) Effective Date.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to services furnished in cases of initial periods of home health services beginning on or after January 1, 1990.