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 95 STAT. 816

PUBLIC LAW 97-35—AUG. 13, 1981 the amendments made by subsection (a)(2) shall take effect on October 1, 1981. FLEXIBILITY IN REQUIRING COLLECTION OF THIRD-PARTY PAYMENTS

42 USC 1396a.

SEC. 2182. Section 1902(a)(25)(C) of the Social Security Act is amended by inserting "and where the amount of reimbursement the State can reasonably expect to recover exceeds the costs of such recovery" after "of the individual". PERMITTING PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS AND NURSE PRACTITIONERS TO PROVIDE CERTAIN RECERTIFICATIONS

42 USC 1396b.

Effective date. 42 USC 1396b "°*^-

SEC. 2183. (a) Section 1903(g)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act is amended— (1) by striking out "(and recertifies" and inserting in lieu thereof "(and the physician, or a physician assistant or nurse practitioner under the supervision of a physician, recertifies", and (2) by inserting "(or, in the case of services that are intermediate care facility services described in section 1905(d), every year)" after "every 60 days". (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to payments made to States for calendar quarters beginning on or after October 1, 1981. REPEAL OF OBSOLETE AUTHORITY FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE

42 USC 301.

42 USC 302.

SEC. 2184. (a)(1) The heading of title I of the Social Security Act is amended by striking out "AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE". (2) Section 1 of such Act is amended— (A) by striking out "(a)" the first place it appears in the first sentence, (B) by striking out ", (b) of enabling" and all that follows through "for self-care" in the first sentence, and (C) by striking out ", or for medical assistance for the aged, or for old-age assistance and medical assistance for the aged" in the second sentence. (3) Section 2 of such Act is amended— (A) by striking out "AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE" in the heading;

42 USC 303.

(B) by striking out ", or for medical assistance for the aged, or for old-age assistance and medical assistance for the aged" in subsection (a) before paragraph (1); (C) by striking out "; and" at the end of subsection (a)(10) and inserting in lieu thereof a period; and (D) by striking out paragraphs (11), (12), and (13) of subsection (a). (4) Section 3 of such Act is amended— (A) by striking out paragraphs (1) and (3) of subsection (a); (B) by amending paragraph (2) of subsection (a) to read as follows: "(2) in the case of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam, an amount equal to one-half of the total of the sums expended during such quarter as old-age assistance under the State plan, not counting so much of any expenditure with respect to any month as exceeds $37.50 multiplied by the total number of recipients of old-age assistance for such month; plus"; and (C) by striking out subsection (d).

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