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 PUBLIC LAW 105-78 —NOV. 13, 1997 111 STAT. 1493 (C) During calendar year 1998, such section 663 applies Applicability, with respect to payments under subparagraph (A) to the same extent and in the same manner as such section applied with respect to the payments during fiscal year 1997, and for purposes of this subparagraph, the reference in subsection (c)(2)(D) of such section 663 to December 31, 1997, is deemed to be a reference to December 31, 1998. (f) The following provisions apply if under subsection (a) the Applicability. Secretary makes the decision to relocate the Center: (1) The site to which the Center is relocated shall be in the vicinity of Baton Rouge, in the State of Louisiana. (2) The facility involved shall continue to be designated as the Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center. (3) The Secretary shall make reasonable efforts to inform the patients of the Center with respect to the planning and carrying out of the relocation. (4) In the case of each individual who as of October 1, 1996, was a patient of the Center and is considered by the Director of the Center to be a long-term-care patient (referred to in this subsection as an "eligible patient"), the Secretary shall continue to provide for the long-term care of the eligible patient, without charge, for the remainder of the life of the patient. (5)(A) For purposes of paragraph (4), an eligible patient who is leggdly competent has the following options with respect to support and maintenance and other nonmedical expenses: (i) For the remainder of his or her life, the patient may reside at the Center. (ii) For the remainder of his or her life, the patient may receive payments each year at an annual rate of $33,000 (adjusted in accordance with subparagraphs (C) and (D)), and may not reside at the Center. Payments under this clause are in complete discharge of the obligation of the Federal Government under paragraph (4) for support and maintenance and other nonmedical expenses of the patient. (B) The choice by an eligible patient of the option under clause (i) of subparagraph (A) may at any time be revoked by the patient, and the patient may instead choose the option under clause (ii) of such subparagraph. The choice by an eligible patient of the option under such clause (ii) is irrevocable. (C) Pa3anents under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be made on a monthly basis, and shall be pro rated as applicable. In 1999 and each subsequent year, the monthly amount of such payments shall be increased by a percentage equal to any percentage increase taking effect under section 215(i) of the Social Security Act (relating to a cost-of-living increase) for benefits under title II of such Act (relating to Federal oldage, survivors, and disability insurance benefits). Any such percentage increase in monthly payments under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall take effect in the same month as the percentage increase under such section 215(i) takes effect. (D) With respect to the provision of outpatient and inpatient medical care for Hansen's disease and related complications to an eligible patient:

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