HR 8459 · 95th Congress · Health
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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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.(1977-07-21)
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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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Cosponsors (9)
9 Democrats