INCREASE BASE PAYMENT RATE TO PUERTO RICO HOSPITALS.

SEC. 4406. INCREASE BASE PAYMENT RATE TO PUERTO RICO HOSPITALS. Section 1886(d)(9)(A) (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(9)(A)) is amended— (1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking “in a fiscal year beginning on or after October 1, 1987,”, (2) in clause (i), by striking “75 percent” and inserting, “for discharges beginning on or after October 1, 1997, 50 percent (and for discharges between October 1, 1987, and September 30, 1997, 75 percent)”, and (3) in clause (ii), by striking “25 percent” and inserting, “for discharges beginning in a fiscal year beginning on or after October 1, 1997, 50 percent (and for discharges between October 1, 1987 and September 30, 1997, 25 percent)”.111 STAT. 401