Title III, SEC. 3483. AMOUNT OF PAYMENTS. (a) Distribution of Allocation for Low-Income Assistance. (1) Allocation from total amount. Of the total amount available for payments under this section in a year, 75 percent shall be allocated to hospitals for low-income assistance in accordance with this subsection. (2) Determination of hospital payment amount. The amount of payment to an eligible hospital from the allocation made under paragraph (1) during a year shall be the equal to the hospital's low-income percentage of the allocation for the year. (b) Distribution of Allocation for Assistance for Uncovered Services. (1) Allocation from total amount; determination of State-specific portion of allocation. Of the total amount available for payments under this section in a year, 25 percent shall be allocated to hospitals for assistance in furnishing inpatient hospital services that are not covered services under title I (in accordance with regulations of the Secretary) in accordance with this subsection. The amount available for payments to eligible hospitals in a State shall be equal to an amount determined in accordance with a methodology specified by the Secretary. (2) Determination of hospital payment amount. The amount of payment to an eligible hospital in a State from the amount available for payments to eligible hospitals in the State under paragraph (1) during a year shall be the equal to the hospital's low-income percentage of such amount for the year. (c) Low-Income Percentage Defined. (1) In general. In this subsection, an eligible hospital's ``low-income percentage'' for a year is equal to the amount (expressed as a percentage) of the total low-income days for all eligible hospitals for the year that are attributable to the hospital. (2) Low-income days described. For purposes of paragraph (1), an eligible hospital's low-income days for a year shall be equal to the product of (A) the total number of inpatient days for the hospital for the year (as reported to the Secretary by the State in which the hospital is located, in accordance with a reporting schedule and procedures established by the Secretary); and (B) 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).