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 12 2 STA T .39 9 5PUBLIC LA W 11 0– 355 —O CT. 8, 2008 LEGIS L AT I V E H IST ORY— H . R. 134 3 ( S. 90 1 ): HO U SE RE P ORTS: No . 110 –68 0( C o m m.o n En ergya n d Commer c e). SENATE REPORTS: No. 110– 27 4 accom p any i ng S. 901 (Comm. on Hea lth, Ed u- cation, La b or, and Pen s ions). CONGRESSIONAL RECOR D , Vol.1 5 4 (2008): J une 4, considered and passed House. Sept. 24, considered and passed Senate, amended. Sept. 25, House concurred in Senate amendment. ‘ ‘ (2)encourag ee mpl o y ee s a th ealth centers f un d ed under sect i on 3 3 0 to participate in emergency medical response pro - grams including the N ational D isaster M edical S ystem author- i z ed in section 2 81 2, the V olunteer Medical R eser v e C orps authorized in section 2813, and the E mergency System for A dvance Registration of H ealth P rofessions Volunteers author- ized in section 31 9I.’ ’. ( b )S ENS E OFTH E CON GR ESS. — It is the Sense of Congress that the Secretary of Health and Human Services, to the e x tent permitted by la w, utilize the existing authority provided under the F ederal T ort Claims Act for health centers funded under section 330 of the Public Health Service Act ( 4 2 U .S.C. 2 5 4b) in order to establish expedited procedures under which such health centers and their health care professionals that have been deemed eligible for Federal Tort Claims Act coverage are able to respond promptly in a coordinated manner and on a temporary basis to public health emergencies outside their traditional service area and sites, and across State lines, as necessary and appropriate. SEC.7 . R E VI SI ON O FTH ETI M EFR A ME FOR THE RECO G NITION OF CERTAIN D ESIGNATIONS IN CERTIF Y ING R U RA L HEALTH CLINICS UNDER THE MEDICARE P ROGRAM. (a) IN G ENER AL .—The second sentence of section 18 6 1(aa)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)(2)) is amended by stri k ing ‘‘3-year period’’ and inserting ‘‘4-year period’’ in the matter in clause (i) preceding subclause (I). (b) EFFE C T IV E DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. Approved O ctober 8, 2008. 42USC1395xnote.

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