legislation in order for the respective plan to meet any requirement imposed by amendments made by this section, the plan shall not be regarded as failing to comply with the requirements of such title solely on the basis of its failure to meet such an additional requirement before the first day of the first fiscal year quarter beginning after the close of the first regular session of the State legislature that begins after the date of enactment of this Act. For purposes of the previous sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, each year of the session shall be considered to be a separate regular session of the State legislature. . (2) Section 9822(b) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (P.L. 117–2) is amended to read as follows: (b) Effective date (1) In general Subject to paragraph (2), the amendments made by subsection (a), shall apply with respect to services furnished on or after the 1st day of the 1st fiscal year quarter that begins one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. (2) Exception for State legislation In the case of a State child health plan under title XXI of the Social Security Act that the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines requires State legislation in order for the plan to meet any requirement imposed by amendments made by this section, the respective plan shall not be regarded as failing to comply with the requirements of such title solely on the basis of its failure to meet such an additional requirement before the first day of the first fiscal year quarter beginning after the close of the first regular session of the State legislature that begins after the date of enactment of this Act. For purposes of the previous sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, each year of the session shall be considered to be a separate regular session of the State legislature. . (d) Effective date The amendments made by subsections (a) and (c)(1) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 9812 of the