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 12 2 STA T . 2 5 1 9PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 7 5 —J UL Y 15, 200 8ofreclas s i fica t io n s u n d er section 106( a ) oft h e M edicare Imp ro v e - ment and Ex tension A ct of 2 006 (division B of P u b lic L a w 10 9–43 2) ’ ’ .SEC.125 . R E VO C ATI O N O FU NI Q UE D EE M IN G AUT H ORIT Y OF THE J OINT COMMISSION. (a) REVOCATI O N . —S ection 1 8 6 5 of the Social Securit y Act (42 U .S. C . 1395bb) is amended— (1) by stri k in g subsection (a) and (2) by redesignating subsections (b) , (c), (d), and (e) as subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d), respectively. (b) CON F O RM IN G AMEN D MENT S .—(1) Section 1865 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395bb) is amended— (A) in subsection (a)(1), as redesignated by subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘ ‘In addition, if’’ and inserting ‘‘If’’; (B) in subsection (b), as so redesignated— (i) by striking ‘‘released to him by the J oint Commission on Accreditation of H ospitals,’’ and inserting ‘‘released to the Secretary by’’; and (ii) by striking the comma after ‘‘Association’’; (C) in subsection (c), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘pursu- ant to subsection (a) or (b)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘pursuant to sub- section (a)(1)’’; and ( D ) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘pursu- ant to subsection (a) or (b)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘pursuant to sub- section (a)(1)’’. (2) Section 1861(e) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(e)) is amended in the fourth sentence by striking ‘‘and (ii) is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals, or is accredited by or approved by a program of the country in which such institution is located if the Secretary finds the accredita- tion or comparable approval standards of such program to be essen- tially e q uivalent to those of the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals’’ and inserting ‘‘and (ii) is accredited by a national accreditation body recogni z ed by the Secretary under section 1865(a), or is accredited by or approved by a program of the country in which such institution is located if the Secretary finds the accredi- tation or comparable approval standards of such program to be essentially equivalent to those of such a national accreditation body.’’. (3) Section 1864(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395aa(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘pursuant to subsection (a) or (b)(1) of section 1865’’ and inserting ‘‘pursuant to section 1865(a)(1)’’. (4) Section 18 7 5(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ll(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘the Joint Commission on Accredi- tation of Hospitals,’’ and inserting ‘‘national accreditation bodies under section 1865(a)’’. (5) Section 1834(a)(20)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395m(a)(20)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 1865(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1865(a)’’. (6) Section 1852(e)(4)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–22(e)(4)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 1865(b)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 1865(a)(2)’’. (c) A U T H ORIT YT O RECOGNI Z E THE JOINT COMMISSION AS A N ATIONA L ACCREDITATION BODY.—The Secretary of Health and Human Services may recognize the Joint Commission as a national accreditation body under section 1865 of the Social Security Act 42USC1395b b note.

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