Pub. L. 103-432, tit. I, subtit. C, sec. 160
MISCELLANEOUS AND TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
SEC. 160. MISCELLANEOUS AND TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. (a) Survey and Certification Requirements.— (1) Section 1864 (42 U.S.C. 1395aa) is amended— (A) in subsection (e), by striking “title” and inserting “title (other than any fee relating to section 353 of the Public Health Service Act)”; and (B) in the first sentence of subsection (a), by striking “1861(s) or” and all that follows through “Service Act,” and inserting “1861(s),“. (2) An agreement made by the Secretary of Health and Human Services with a State under section 1864(a) of the Social Security Act may include an agreement that the services of the State health agency or other appropriate State agency (or the appropriate local agencies) will be utilized by the Secretary for the purpose of determining whether a laboratory meets the requirements of section 353 of the Public Health Service Act. (b) Home Dialysis Demonstration Technical Corrections.— Section 4202 of OBRA-1990 is amended— (1) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking “home hemodialysis staff assistant” and inserting “qualified home hemodialysis staff assistant (as described in subsection (d))”; (2) in subsection (b)(2)(B)(ii)(I), by striking “(as adjusted to reflect differences in area wage levels)”; (3) in subsection (c)(I)(A), by striking “skilled”; and (4) in subsection (c)(I)(E), by striking “(b)(4)” and inserting “(b)(2)”. (c) Technical Correction to Revisions of Coverage for Immunosuppressive Drug Therapy.— The Secretary of Health and Human Services may administer section 1861(s)(2)(J) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(s)(2)(J)) in a manner such that the months of coverage of drugs described in such section are provided consecutively, so long as the total number of months of coverage provided is the same as the number of months described in such section. (d) Other Miscellaneous and Technical Provisions.— (1) Section 1833 (42 U.S.C. 13951) is amended by redesignating the subsection (r) added by section 4206(b)(2) of OBRA-1990 as subsection (s). (2) Section 1866(f)(1) (42 U.S.C. 1395cc(f)(l)) is amended by striking “1833(r)” and inserting “1833(s)”. 108 STAT. 4444 (3) Section 4201(d)(2) of OBRA-1990 is amended by striking “(B) by striking”, “(C) by striking”, and “(3) by adding” and inserting “(i) by striking”, “(ii) by striking”, and “(B) by adding”, respectively. (4) The section following section 4206 of OBRA-1990 is amended by striking “Sec. 4027.” and inserting “Sec. 4207.”, and in this subtitle is referred to as section 4207 of OBRA-1990. (5) (A) Section 4207(a)(1) of OBRA-1990 is amended by adding closing quotation marks and a period after “such review.”. (B) Section 4207(a)(4) of OBRA-1990 is amended by striking “this subsection” and inserting “paragraphs (2) and (3)”. (C) Section 4207(b)(1) of OBRA-1990 is amended by striking “section 3(7)” and inserting “section 601(a)(1)”. (6) Section 2355(b)(1)(B) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984, as amended by section 4207(b)(4)(B)(ii) of OBRA-1990, is amended— (A) by striking “12907(c)(4)(A)” and inserting “4207(b)(4)(B)(i)”, and (B) by striking “feasibilitly” and inserting “feasibility”. (7) Section 4207(b)(4)(B)(iii)(III) of OBRA-1990 is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon. (8) Subsections (c)(3) and (e) of section 2355 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984, as amended by section 4207(b)(4)(B) of OBRA-1990, are each amended by striking “12907(c)(4)(A)” each place it appears and inserting “4207(b)(4)(B)”. (9) Section 4207(c)(2) of OBRA-1990 is amended by striking “the Committee on Ways and Means” each place it appears and inserting “the Committees on Ways and Means and Energy and Commerce”. (10) Section 4207(d) of OBRA-1990 is amended by redesignating the second paragraph (3) (relating to effective date) as paragraph (4). (11) Section 4207(i)(2) of OBRA-1990 is amended— (A) by striking the period at the end of clause (iii) and inserting a semicolon, and (B) in clause (v), by striking “residents” and inserting “patients”. (12) Section 4207(j) of OBRA-1990 is amended by striking “title” each place it appears and inserting “subtitle”.