EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN RURAL HEALTH CLINIC AND FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER SERVICES FROM THE PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES.

SEC. 410. EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN RURAL HEALTH CLINIC AND FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTER SERVICES FROM THE PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM FOR SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES.(a) In General.—Section 1888(e)(2)(A) (42 U.S.C. 1395yy(e)(2)(A)) is amended—(1) in clause (i)(II), by striking “clauses (ii) and (iii)” and inserting “clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv)”; and(2) by adding at the end the following new clause:“(iv) Exclusion of certain rural health clinic and federally qualified health center services.—Services described in this clause are—“(I) rural health clinic services (as defined in paragraph (1) of section 1861(aa)); and“(II) federally qualified health center services (as defined in paragraph (3) of such section);that would be described in clause (ii) if such services were furnished by an individual not affiliated with a rural health clinic or a federally qualified health center.”.(b) Effective Date.—The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to services furnished on or after January 1, 2005. 117 STAT. 2272