,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bhcd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #bc1
 #bjba,mr4 ,durbin 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,cassidy1 and ,ms4 ,duckworth7          
introduced the following bill2 which was
 read twice and referred to the         
,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill  ,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 #bjba4    
#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 one year 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 ,in carrying out the        
activities under this clause1 the       
,secretary shall disseminate research1  
best practices1 and other clinical      
information identified or developed by  
such rehabilitation innovation centers  
to1 as appropriate1 ,federal agencies1  
hospitals1 health professional          
organizations1 and national and ,state  
accreditation bodies4  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 ,a rehabilitation    
facility described in this clause is a  
rehabilitation facility that-- 7,i7 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  7,,ii7 holds1 as of the   
applicable date 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  7,,iii7 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  7,,iv7 
has a minimum ,medicare estimated 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 subclause 7,i71 or any successor    
regulations that contain such           
information2 and  7,v7 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 subclause 7,i71 or any successor    
regulations that contain such           
information4  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 ,march #ae1     
#bjbb1 the ,secretary of ,health and    
,human ,services shall submit to        
,congress a report containing any       
recommendations for such legislation or 
administrative 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  
7a774