Prohibition of adjustments to classifications and weighting factors relating to the calculation of payments for sole community hospitals and Medicare-dependent hospitals

Section 1886(d)(4)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(4)(C))— (1) in clause (i), by striking The Secretary and inserting Subject to clause (v), the Secretary; and (2) by adding at the end the following new clause: (v) For discharges using the rebased target amounts described in subparagraph (M) or (N) of subsection (b)(3), the Secretary may not adjust such amounts for adjustments required by clause (iii) prior to October 1, 2015..