A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require States to reimburse health facilities on a preestablished all-inclusive rate for comprehensive routine maternity services provided by nurse-midwives.

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Introduced

21 July 1977

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Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Summary

Amends Title XIX (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require State plans for medical assistance to include comprehensive routine maternity services provided by nurse-midwives. Requires States to establish a single prospectively determined rate for all care and services provided in the course of a normal pregnancy and to reimburse health facilities for such care and services in an amount equal to the proportion of all such services provided multiplied by the established rate.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/house-bill/8459
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