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[CITE: 42USC1320d-3]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 7--SOCIAL SECURITY
 
   SUBCHAPTER XI--GENERAL PROVISIONS, PEER REVIEW, AND ADMINISTRATIVE 
                             SIMPLIFICATION
 
                  Part C--Administrative Simplification
 
Sec. 1320d-3. Timetables for adoption of standards


(a) Initial standards

    The Secretary shall carry out section 1320d-2 of this title not 
later than 18 months after August 21, 1996, except that standards 
relating to claims attachments shall be adopted not later than 30 months 
after August 21, 1996.

(b) Additions and modifications to standards

                           (1) In general

        Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Secretary shall review 
    the standards adopted under section 1320d-2 of this title, and shall 
    adopt modifications to the standards (including additions to the 
    standards), as determined appropriate, but not more frequently than 
    once every 12 months. Any addition or modification to a standard 
    shall be completed in a manner which minimizes the disruption and 
    cost of compliance.

                          (2) Special rules

        (A) First 12-month period

            Except with respect to additions and modifications to code 
        sets under subparagraph (B), the Secretary may not adopt any 
        modification to a standard adopted under this part during the 
        12-month period beginning on the date the standard is initially 
        adopted, unless the Secretary determines that the modification 
        is necessary in order to permit compliance with the standard.

        (B) Additions and modifications to code sets

            (i) In general

                The Secretary shall ensure that procedures exist for the 
            routine maintenance, testing, enhancement, and expansion of 
            code sets.
            (ii) Additional rules

                If a code set is modified under this subsection, the 
            modified code set shall include instructions on how data 
            elements of health information that were encoded prior to 
            the modification may be converted or translated so as to 
            preserve the informational value of the data elements that 
            existed before the modification. Any modification to a code 
            set under this subsection shall be implemented in a manner 
            that minimizes the disruption and cost of complying with 
            such modification.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, Sec. 1174, as added Pub. L. 104-191, 
title II, Sec. 262(a), Aug. 21, 1996, 110 Stat. 2026.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 1320d, 1320d-1, 1320d-2, 
1320d-4, 1320d-7 of this title.
