To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify coverage of certified nurse-midwife services performed outside the maternity cycle under the medicare and medicaid programs.

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to change the definition of certified nurse-midwife services (and thus allow certified nurse-midwives to receive payment under Medicare for all services which such practitioners are legally authorized to perform under State law or regulations).…