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PUBLIC LAW 108–173—DEC. 8, 2003 Care Financing Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’’. (E) THE CHILDREN’S HEALTH ACT OF 2000.—Section 2503(a) of the Children’s Health Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 247b–3a(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘Health Care Financing Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’’. (F) THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH REVITALIZATION ACT OF 1993.—Section 1909 of the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 299a note) is amended by striking ‘‘Health Care Financing Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’’. (G) THE OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1990.—Section 4359(d) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 1395b–3(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘Health Care Financing Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’’. (H) THE MEDICARE, MEDICAID, AND SCHIP BENEFITS IMPROVEMENT AND PROTECTION ACT OF 2000.—Section 104(d)(4) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Benefits Improvement and Protection Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 1395m note) is amended by striking ‘‘Health Care Financing Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘Health Care’’. (7) ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT.—Section 403 of the Act entitled, ‘‘An Act to authorize certain appropriations for the territories of the United States, to amend certain Acts relating thereto, and for other purposes’’, enacted October 15, 1977 (48 U.S.C. 1574–1; 48 U.S.C. 1421q–1), is amended by striking ‘‘Health Care Financing Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’’.

Subtitle A—Regulatory Reform SEC. 901. CONSTRUCTION; DEFINITION OF SUPPLIER. Fraud. 42 USC 1395kk–1 note.

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(a) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this title shall be construed— (1) to compromise or affect existing legal remedies for addressing fraud or abuse, whether it be criminal prosecution, civil enforcement, or administrative remedies, including under sections 3729 through 3733 of title 31, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘False Claims Act’’); or (2) to prevent or impede the Department of Health and Human Services in any way from its ongoing efforts to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse in the medicare program. Furthermore, the consolidation of medicare administrative contracting set forth in this division does not constitute consolidation of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund or reflect any position on that issue. (b) DEFINITION OF SUPPLIER.—Section 1861 (42 U.S.C. 1395x) is amended by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection:

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