Title III, SEC. 3482. IDENTIFICATION OF ELIGIBLE HOSPITALS. 
      (a) Hospitals in Participating States. In order to be an eligible 
    hospital under this part, a hospital must be located in a State that is a 
    participating State under this Act, except that an eligible hospital 
    remains eligible to receive a payment under this part notwithstanding that, 
    during the 5-year period for which the payment is to be made, the State in 
    which it is located no longer meets the requirements for participating 
    States under this Act. 

      (b) State Identification. In accordance with the criteria described in 
    subsection (c) and such procedures as the Secretary may require, each State 
    shall identify the hospitals in the State that meet such criteria and 
    provide the Secretary with a list of such hospitals. 

      (c) Criteria for Eligibility. A hospital meets the criteria described in 
    this subsection if the hospital's low-income utilization rate for the base 
    year under section 1923(b)(3) of the Social Security Act (as such section 
    is in effect on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act) is 
    not less than 25 percent.