TREATMENT OF CERTAIN LONG-TERM CARE HOSPITALS.

SEC. 4417. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN LONG-TERM CARE HOSPITALS. (a) In General.—(1) Section 1886(d)(1)(B) (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(1)(B)) is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: “A hospital that was classified by the Secretary on or before September 30, 1995, as a hospital described in clause (iv) shall continue to be so classified notwithstanding that it is located in the same building as, or on the same campus as, another hospital.”. (2) Effective date.—The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply to discharges occurring on or after October 1, 1995. (b) Certain Long-Term Care Hospitals That Treat Cancer Patients.—(1) Section 1886(d)(1)(B)(iv) (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(1)(B)(iv)) is amended— (A) by inserting “(I)” after “(iv)”; and (B) by adding at the end the following: “(II) a hospital that first received payment under this subsection in 1986 which has an average inpatient length of stay (as determined by the Secretary) of greater than 20 days and that has 80 percent or more of its annual medicare inpatient discharges with a principal diagnosis that reflects a finding of neoplastic disease in the 12-month cost reporting period ending in fiscal year 1997, or”. (2) Effective date.—The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall apply to cost reporting periods beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.