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 87 STAT.]

PUBLIC LAW 9 3 - 2 3 3 - D E C. 31, 1973

9(37 Effective dates.

(d) The provisions of subsection (a) shall apply with respect to cost accounting periods beginning after June 30, 1973, and prior to January 1, 1975, except that if the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare determines that additional time is required to prepare the report required by subsection (c), he may, by regulation, extend the applicability of the provisions of subsection (a) to cost accounting periods beginning after June 30, 1975. BASIS OF MEDICARE P A Y M E N T FOR SERVICES PROVIDED BY AGENCIES AND PROVIDERS

SEC. 16. I n the administration of titles V, X VIII, and ^IX. of the Social Security Act, the amount payable under such title to any ^2 USC 701, provider of services on account of services provided by such hospital, ^^^^' ^^^^' skilled nursing facility, or home health agency shall be determined (for any period with respect to which the amendments made by section 233 of Public Law 92-603 would, except for the provisions of ^^ Stat. l u i. this section, be applicable) in like manner as if the date contained in the first and second sentences of subsection (f) of such section 233 were December 31, 1973, rather than December 31, 1972. P O S T P O N E M E N TO N EFFECTIVE DATE OF CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS IMPOSED W I T H RESPECT TO P A Y M E N T FOR P H Y S I C A L THE R A P Y SERVICES

SEC. 17. (a) I n the administration of title X VIII of the Social Security Act, the amount payable thereunder with respect to physical therapy and other services referred to in section 1861(v)(5)(A) of such Act (as added by section 151(c) of the Social Security Amendments of 1972) shall be determined (for the period with respect to which the amendment made by such section 151(c) would, except for the provisions of this section, be applicable) in like manner as if the "December 31, 1972", which appears in such subsection (d)(3) of such section 151, read "the month in which there are promulgated, by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, final regulations implementing the provisions of section 1861(v)(5) of the Social Security Act".

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CLERICAL A N D CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY ACT

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Inclusion of All Wage Level Increases in Automatic Adjustment of Earnings Test S E C 18. (a) Section 203(f)(8)(B) (ii) of the Social Security Act is amended by— (1) striking out "contribution and benefit base" and inserting "exempt amount" in lieu thereof; and (2) striking out "section 230(a)" and inserting "subparagraph (A) " in lieu thereof.

86 Stat. 134:1. 42 USC 403.

Inclusion in Old-Age Insurance Benefit in Certain Cases of Delayed Retirement (b) Section 202(w) of such Act is amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(5) If an individual's primary insurance amount is determined under paragraph (3) of section 215(a) and, as a result of this subsection, he would be entitled to a higher old-age insurance benefit if his primary insurance amount were determined under section 215(a) without regard to such paragraph, such individual's old-age insurance

^^ ^*|^-1^^^^e stat^. 1333. 42 USC 415.

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