EXTENSION OF CERTAIN LTCH MEDICARE PAYMENT RULES.

SEC. 15006. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN LTCH MEDICARE PAYMENT RULES. (a) 25-Percent Patient Threshold Payment Adjustment.—Section 114(c)(1)(A) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 1395ww note), as amended by section 4302(a) of division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Public Law 111-5), sections 3106(a) and 10312(a) of Public Law 111-148, and section 1206(b)(1)(B) of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 (division B of Public Law 113-67), is amended by striking “for a 9-year period” and inserting “through June 30, 2016, and for discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2016, and before October 1, 2017”. (b) Payment for Hospitals-Within-Hospitals.—Section 114(c)(2) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 1395ww note), as amended by section 4302(a) of division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Public Law 111-5), sections 3106(a) and 10312(a) of Public Law 111-148, and section 1206(b)(1)(A) of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 (division B of Public Law 113-67), is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting “or any similar provision,” after “Regulations,”; (2) in subparagraph (B)— (A) in clause (i), by inserting “or any similar provision,” after “Regulations,”; and (B) in clause (ii), by inserting “, or any similar provision,” after “Regulations”; and (3) in subparagraph (C), by striking “for a 9-year period” and inserting “through June 30, 2016, and for discharges occurring on or after October 1, 2016, and before October 1, 2017”.