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 12 2 STA T . 2 5 21 PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 2 7 5 —J UL Y 15, 200 8(A)INGE NE RAL.—Subject t os ub par a g rap h ( B ) , sect i o n184 8( l )( 2 )o f the Social Securit y Act (42 U .S. C . 1 395w– 4(l)(2)), as a m en d ed by section 1 0 1(a)(2) of the M edicare, Medicaid, and SC H I PEx tension Act of 200 7 (Public L aw 110–173), is amended— (i) in subparagraph (A)— (I) by stri k ing clause (i)(III) and (II) by striking clause (ii)(III); and (ii) in subparagraph (B)— (I) in clause (i), by adding ‘ ‘and ’ ’ at the end; (II) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and inserting a period; and (III) by striking clause (iii). (B) C O N TI NGEN CY .—If there is enacted, before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act, a Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 that includes a pro v ision amending section 1848(l) of the Social Security Act, the alternative amendment described in subparagraph (C)— (i) shall apply instead of the amendments made by subparagraph (A); and (ii) shall be executed after such provision in such Supplemental Appropriations Act. (C) ALTERNATI V EA M EN D MENT DE S CRI B ED.— T he alter - native amendment described in this subparagraph is as follows

Section 1848(l)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(l)(2)), as amended by section 101(a)(2) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–173) and by the Supplemental Appropria- tions Act, 2008, is amended— (i) in subparagraph (A)— (I) by striking subclauses (III) and (I V )of clause (i); and (II) by striking subclauses (III) and (IV) of clause (ii); and (ii) in subparagraph (B)— (I) in clause (i), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; (II) in clause (ii), by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a period; and (III) by striking clauses (iii) and (iv). (b) E X TENSION AND IM P ROVEMENT O F T H E QU ALITY R EPORTING SYSTEM.— (1) SYSTEM.—Section 1848(k)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–4(k)(2)), as amended by section 101(b)(1) of the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 (Public Law 110–173), is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs: ‘‘(C) F OR 201 0 AND SUBSE Q UENT YEARS.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause (ii), for pur- poses of reporting data on q uality measures for covered professional services furnished during 2010 and each subsequent year, subject to subsection (m)(3)(C), the quality measures (including electronic prescribing quality measures) specified under this paragraph shall be such measures selected by the Secretary from meas- ures that have been endorsed by the entity with a contract with the Secretary under section 1890(a). Ap p licab ili ty.

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