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[CITE: 42USC1320b-16]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 7--SOCIAL SECURITY
 
   SUBCHAPTER XI--GENERAL PROVISIONS, PEER REVIEW, AND ADMINISTRATIVE 
                             SIMPLIFICATION
 
                       Part A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 1320b-16. Public disclosure of certain information on 
        hospital financial interest and referral patterns
        
    The Secretary shall make available to the public, in a form and 
manner specified by the Secretary, information disclosed to the 
Secretary pursuant to section 1395cc(a)(1)(S) of this title.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, Sec. 1146, as added Pub. L. 105-33, 
title IV, Sec. 4321(c), Aug. 5, 1997, 111 Stat. 395.)


                             Effective Date

    Section 4321(d)(2) of Pub. L. 105-33 provided that: ``The Secretary 
of Health and Human Services shall issue regulations by not later than 
the date which is 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act 
[Aug. 5, 1997] to carry out the amendments made by subsections (b) and 
(c) [enacting this section and amending section 1395cc of this title] 
and such amendments shall take effect as of such date (on or after the 
issuance of such regulations) as the Secretary specifies in such 
regulations.''
