MEDICARE-DEPENDENT, SMALL RURAL HOSPITALS AND SOLE COMMUNITY HOSPITALS.

SEC. 105. MEDICARE-DEPENDENT, SMALL RURAL HOSPITALS AND SOLE COMMUNITY HOSPITALS. (a) Medicare Dependent, Small Rural Hospitals.— (1) Clarification of additional payment.— Section 1886(d)(5)(G)(ii)(D (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(5)(G)(ii)(I), as amended by section 13501(e)(1) of OBRA-1993, is amended by striking “the first 3 12-month cost reporting periods that begin” and inserting “the 36-month period beginning with the first day of the cost reporting period that begins”. (2) Conforming target amounts to extension of additional payments.— Section 1886(b)(3)(D) (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(b)(3)(D)) is amended in the matter preceding clause (i) by striking “March 31, 1993” and inserting “September 30, 1994”. (b) Clarification of Updates.— Section 1886(b)(3)(B)(iv)(II) (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(b)(3)(B)(iv)(II)), as added by section 13501(a)(2) of OBRA-1993, is amended by striking “(taking into account” and all that follows through “1994)” and inserting “(adjusted to exclude any portion of a cost reporting period beginning during fiscal year 1993 for which the applicable percentage increase is determined under subparagraph (I))”.