To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to waive the obstetrican requirement insofar as it prevents DSH designation in the case of certain rural hospitals.

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Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA), with regard to requirements to qualify as a disproportionate share (DSH) hospital, to waive for critical access hospitals and essential rural health care providers the requirement that a hospital have two obstetricians with staff privileges who have agreed to provide services to Medicaid-eligible individuals, when such requirement prevents a DSH designation.

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  Introduced in House · EN · 18 July 2001

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  Introduced in House · EN · 18 July 2001

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