117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2834 

AN ACT 

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve 

access to rehabilitation innovation centers under the 

Medicare program. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Dr. Joanne Smith Me3 morial Rehabilitation Innovation Centers Act of 2022’’. 

4 SEC. 2. PRESERVING ACCESS TO REHABILITATION INNOVA5 TION CENTERS UNDER MEDICARE. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1886(j)(7)(E) of the So7 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(j)(7)(E)) is amend8 ed— 

9 (1) by striking ‘‘PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF DATA

10 SUBMITTED.—The’’ and inserting ‘‘PUBLIC AVAIL11 ABILITY OF DATA SUBMITTED.— 

12 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The’’; and 

13 (2) by inserting after clause (i), as redesignated 

14 by paragraph (1), the following new clauses: 

15 ‘‘(ii) PUBLIC RECOGNITION OF REHA16 BILITATION INNOVATION CENTERS.—Be17 ginning not later than 18 months after the 

18 date of the enactment of this clause, the 

19 Secretary shall make publicly available on 

20 such Internet website, in addition to the 

21 information required to be reported on 

22 such website under clause (i), a list of all 

23 rehabilitation innovation centers, and shall 

24 update such list on such website not less 

25 frequently than biennially. 
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1 ‘‘(iii) REHABILITATION INNOVATION

2 CENTERS DEFINED.—For purposes of 

3 clause (ii), the term ‘rehabilitation innova4 tion centers’ means a rehabilitation facility 

5 that, as of the applicable date (as defined 

6 in clause (v)), is a rehabilitation facility 

7 described in clause (iv). 

8 ‘‘(iv) REHABILITATION FACILITY DE9 SCRIBED.— 

10 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Subject to 

11 subclause (II), a rehabilitation facility 

12 described in this clause is a rehabilita13 tion facility that— 

14 ‘‘(aa) is classified as a reha15 bilitation facility under the IRF 

16 Rate Setting File for the Inpa17 tient Rehabilitation Facility Pro18 spective Payment System for 

19 Federal Fiscal Year 2019 (83 

20 Fed. Reg. 38514), or any suc21 cessor regulations that contain 

22 such information; 

23 ‘‘(bb) holds at least one 

24 Federal rehabilitation research 

25 and training designation for re-
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1 search projects on traumatic 

2 brain injury or spinal cord injury 

3 from the National Institute on 

4 Disability, Independent Living, 

5 and Rehabilitation Research at 

6 the Department of Health and 

7 Human Services, based on such 

8 data submitted to the Secretary 

9 by a facility, in a form, manner, 

10 and time frame specified by the 

11 Secretary; 

12 ‘‘(cc) submits to the Sec13 retary a description of the clin14 ical research enterprise of the fa15 cility and a summary of research 

16 activities of the facility that are 

17 supported by Federal agencies; 

18 ‘‘(dd) has a minimum Medi19 care estimated average weight 

20 per discharge of 1.20 for the 

21 most recent fiscal year for which 

22 such information is available ac23 cording to the IRF Rate Setting 

24 File described in item (aa), or 
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1 any successor regulations that 

2 contain such information; and 

3 ‘‘(ee) has a minimum teach4 ing status of 0.075 for the most 

5 recent fiscal year for which such 

6 information is available according 

7 to the IRF Rate Setting File de8 scribed in item (aa), or any suc9 cessor regulations that contain 

10 such information. 

11 ‘‘(II) WAIVER.—The Secretary 

12 may, as determined appropriate, waive 

13 any of the requirements under items 

14 (aa) through (ee) of subclause (I). 

15 ‘‘(v) APPLICABLE DATE DEFINED.— 

16 For purposes of clauses (iii) and (iv), the 

17 term ‘applicable date’ means— 

18 ‘‘(I) with respect to the initial 

19 publication of a list under clause (ii), 

20 the date of the enactment of such 

21 clause; and 

22 ‘‘(II) with respect to the publica23 tion of an updated list under clause 

24 (ii), a date specified by the Secretary 
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1 that is not more than one year prior 

2 to the date of such publication. 

3 ‘‘(vi) IMPLEMENTATION.—Notwith4 standing any other provision of law the 

5 Secretary may implement clauses (ii) 

6 through (v) by program instruction or oth7 erwise. 

8 ‘‘(vii) NONAPPLICATION OF PAPER9 WORK REDUCTION ACT.—Chapter 35 of 

10 title 44, United States Code, shall not 

11 apply to data collected under clauses (ii) 

12 through (v).’’. 

13 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 

14 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 

15 Human Services— 

16 (1) shall submit to Congress a report con17 taining any recommendations on action as the Sec18 retary determines appropriate to preserve access to 

19 rehabilitation innovation centers (as defined in sec20 tion 1886(j)(7)(E)(iii) of the Social Security Act, as 

21 added by subsection (a)); and 

22 (2) may, in the report described in paragraph 

23 (1), as permitted by law, disseminate research, best 

24 practices, and other clinical information identified or 
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1 developed by such rehabilitation innovation centers, 

2 as determined appropriate by the Secretary. 

Passed the Senate December 8, 2022. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 
117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2834 

AN ACT 

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to 

ters under the Medicare program. preserve access to rehabilitation innovation cen-