SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Community Mental
Health Center Improvement Act of 2000‘’.
SEC. 
2. 
QUALIFICATIONS 
FOR 
COMMUNITY 
MENTAL
HEALTH CENTERS.
(a) MEDICARE PROGRAM.—Section 1861(ff)(3)(B) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(ff)(3)(B)) is
amended by striking ‘‘entity’’ and all that follows and in-
serting the following: ‘‘entity that—
‘‘(i)(I) provides the mental health services de-
scribed in section 1913(c)(1) of the Public Health
Service Act; or
‘‘(II) in the case of an entity operating in a
State that by law precludes the entity from pro-
viding itself a service described in such section, pro-
vides for such service by contract with an approved
organization or entity (as determined by the Sec-
retary);
‘‘(ii) meets applicable licensing or certification
requirements for community mental health centers
in the State in which it is located; and
‘‘(iii) meets such additional conditions as the
Secretary shall specify to ensure (I) the health and
safety of individuals being furnished such services,
(II) the effective and efficient furnishing of such
services, and (III) the compliance of such entity with
the criteria described in section 1931(c)(1) of the
Public Health Service Act.’’.
(b) PROGRAM OF BLOCK GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY
MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES.—Section 1913(c)(1)(E) of
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300x–
3(c)(1)(E)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(E) Determining the clinical appropriate-
ness of admissions to any inpatient psychiatric
hospitals by engaging a full-time mental health
professional who is licensed or certified to make
such a determination by the State involved.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section apply with respect to community mental
health centers with respect to services furnished on or
after the first day of the third month beginning after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 3. 1 YEAR DELAY IN APPLICATION OF MEDICARE HOS-
PITAL OUTPATIENT PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT
SYSTEM 
TO 
PARTIAL 
HOSPITALIZATION
SERVICES.
Section 1833(t) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1395l1(t)) is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraph (13) as para-
graph (14); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (12) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(13) PARTIAL HOSPITALIZATION SERVICES.—
In the case of partial hospitalization services (as de-
fined in section 1861(ff))—
‘‘(A) the system under this subsection shall
not apply to covered partial hospitalization serv-
ices furnished before August 1, 2001; and
‘‘(B) the Secretary may establish a sepa-
rate conversion factor for such services in a
manner that specifically takes into account the
unique costs incurred by providers of such serv-
ices by virtue of their patient population and
service intensity.’’.
SEC. 4. AUTHORITY TO MAKE OPD PPS TRANSITIONAL COR-
RIDOR PAYMENTS TO HOSPITALS THAT DID
NOT SUBMIT COST REPORTS FOR 1996.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1833(t)(7)(F)(ii)(I) of the
Social Security Act, as inserted by section 202(a)(3) of
the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget Re-
finement Act of 1999 (113 Stat. 1501A–343), as enacted
into law by section 1000(a)(6) of P.L. 106–113, is amend-
ed to read as follows:
‘‘(I) the hospital’s reimbursement
under this part for covered OPD serv-
ices (including any reimbursement for
such services through cost-sharing de-
scribed in subparagraph (E)) fur-
nished during the cost reporting pe-
riod ending in 1996, or, in the case of
a hospital that did not submit a cost
report for such cost reporting period,
furnished during the first subsequent
cost reporting period ending in or be-
fore 2000 for which the hospital sub-
mitted a cost report, to’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall be effective as if included in the enact-
ment of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, as amended
by the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Balanced Budget
Refinement Act of 1999.
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