#aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,s4   
#bhcd  ,,an ,,act  ,to amend title      
,,xviii of the ,social ,security ,act to
 preserve access to rehabilitation      
innovation centers under the ,medicare  
program4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act   
may be cited as the ,dr4 ,joanne ,smith 
,memorial ,rehabilitation ,innovation   
,centers ,act of #bjbb4  #b4 ,preserving
 access to rehabilitation innovation    
centers under ,medicare  7a7 ,in general
 ,section #ahhf7;j77#g77;,e7 of the     
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#acieww7j77#g77;,e77 is amended-- 7#a7  
by striking ,public availability of data
 submitted4--,the and inserting 8,public
 availability of data submitted4--  7i7 
,in general ,the  2 and  7#b7 by        
inserting after clause 7i71 as          
redesignated by paragraph 7#a71 the     
following new clauses3  7ii7 ,public    
recognition of rehabilitation innovation
 centers ,beginning not later than #ah  
months after the date of the enactment  
of this clause1 the ,secretary shall    

make publicly available on such         
,internet website1 in addition to the   
information required to be reported on  
such website under clause 7i71 a list of
 all rehabilitation innovation centers1 
and shall update such list on such      
website not less frequently than        
biennially4  7iii7 ,rehabilitation      
innovation centers defined ,for purposes
 of clause 7ii71 the term rehabilitation
 innovation centers means a             
rehabilitation facility that1 as of the 
applicable date 7as defined in clause   
7v771 is a rehabilitation facility      
described in clause 7iv74  7iv7         
,rehabilitation facility described  7,i7
 ,in general ,subject to subclause      
7,,ii71 a rehabilitation facility       
described in this clause is a           
rehabilitation facility that-- 7aa7 is  
classified as a rehabilitation facility 
under the ,,irf ,rate ,setting ,file for
 the ,inpatient ,rehabilitation         
,facility ,prospective ,payment ,system 
for ,federal ,fiscal ,year #bjai 7#hc   

,fed4 ,reg4 #chead71 or any successor   
regulations that contain such           
information2  7bb7 holds at least one   
,federal rehabilitation research and    
training designation for research       
projects on traumatic brain injury or   
spinal cord injury from the ,national   
,institute on ,disability1 ,independent 
,living1 and ,rehabilitation ,research  
at the ,department of ,health and ,human
 ,services1 based on such data submitted
 to the ,secretary by a facility1 in a  
form1 manner1 and time frame specified  
by the ,secretary2  7cc7 submits to the 
,secretary a description of the clinical
 research enterprise of the facility and
 a summary of research activities of the
 facility that are supported by ,federal
 agencies2  7dd7 has a minimum ,medicare
 estimated average weight per discharge 
of #a4bj for the most recent fiscal year
 for which such information is available
 according to the ,,irf ,rate ,setting  
,file described in item 7aa71 or any    
successor regulations that contain such 

information2 and  7ee7 has a minimum    
teaching status of #j4jge for the most  
recent fiscal year for which such       
information is available according to   
the ,,irf ,rate ,setting ,file described
 in item 7aa71 or any successor         
regulations that contain such           
information4  7,,ii7 ,waiver ,the       
,secretary may1 as determined           
appropriate1 waive any of the           
requirements under items 7aa7 through   
7ee7 of subclause 7,i74  7v7 ,applicable
 date defined ,for purposes of clauses  
7iii7 and 7iv71 the term applicable date
 means-- 7,i7 with respect to the       
initial publication of a list under     
clause 7ii71 the date of the enactment  
of such clause2 and  7,,ii7 with respect
 to the publication of an updated list  
under clause 7ii71 a date specified by  
the ,secretary that is not more than one
 year prior to the date of such         
publication4  7vi7 ,implementation      
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law the ,secretary may implement clauses

 7ii7 through 7v7 by program instruction
 or otherwise4  7vii7 ,nonapplication of
 ,paperwork ,reduction ,act ,chapter #ce
 of title #dd1 ,united ,states ,code1   
shall not apply to data collected under 
clauses 7ii7 through 7v74  4  7b7       
,report ,not later than #c years after  
the date of the enactment of this ,act1 
the ,secretary of ,health and ,human    
,services-- 7#a7 shall submit to        
,congress a report containing any       
recommendations on action as the        
,secretary determines appropriate to    
preserve access to rehabilitation       
innovation centers 7as defined in       
section #ahhf7;j77#g77;,e77iii7 of the  
,social ,security ,act1 as added by     
subsection 7a772 and  7#b7 may1 in the  
report described in paragraph 7#a71 as  
permitted by law1 disseminate research1 
best practices1 and other clinical      
information identified or developed by  
such rehabilitation innovation centers1 
as determined appropriate by the        
,secretary4  ,passed the ,senate        

,december #h1 #bjbb4,secretary