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 12 2 STA T . 2 389PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 5 2 —J U NE 30, 2008 (SMDL#01– 01 3),andwithresp e c tt o co m m u nit y transition case mana g ement, the Dear State Medicaid Director l etter issued on J uly 25, 2000( O lmstead U pdate 3) . ( C ) PORTI O N O FP ROPO SED RE GULA TION RELATING TO M EDI C AID ALLO W A B LE PRO V IDER TA X ES. — (i) I N GENERAL.—Su bj ect to clause (ii), the pro v i - sion described in this subparagraph is the f inal regula- tion relating to health-care-related ta x es under the Medicaid program published on F ebruary 22, 200 8 ( 7 3 Federal R egister 96 85) in its entirety. (ii) E XCEPTION.— T he provision described in this subparagraph does not include the portions of such regulation as relate to the following

(I) REDUCTION IN T H RESHOLD.—The reduction from 6 percent to 5.5 percent in the threshold applied under section 4 33.68(f)(3)(i) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, for determining whether or not there is an indirect guarantee to hold a taxpayer harmless, as re q uired to carry out section 1903(w)(4)(C)(ii) of the Social Security A ct, as added by section 403 of the Medicare Improvement and Extension Act of 2006 (division B of Public Law 109–432). (II) CHANGE IN DEFINITION OF MANAGED CARE.—The change in the definition of managed care as proposed in the revision of section 433.56(a)(8) of title 42, Code of Federal Regula- tions, as required to carry out section 1903(w)(7)(A)(viii) of the Social Security Act, as amended by section 6051 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–171). (D) DATE SPECIFIED.—The date specified in this subparagraph for the provision described in— (i) subparagraph (B) is December 3, 2007 or (ii) subparagraph (C) is February 21, 2008. (b) FUNDS TO REDUCE MEDICAID FRAUD AND ABUSE.— (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of reducing fraud and abuse in the Medicaid program under title X IX of the Social Security Act— (A) there is appropriated to the Office of the Inspector G eneral of the Department of H ealth and Human Services, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro- priated, $ 25,000,000, for fiscal year 2009; and (B) there is authori z ed to be appropriated to such Office $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and each subsequent fiscal year. Amounts appropriated under this section shall remain available for expenditure until expended and shall be in addition to any other amounts appropriated or made available to such Office for such purposes with respect to the Medicaid program. (2) ANNUAL REPORT.— N ot later than September 30 of 2009 and of each subsequent year, the Inspector General of the Department of Health and Human Services shall submit to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committees on Finance and Appropriations of the Senate a report on the activities 42USC13 2 0a–7g.

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