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1 health professional, or any professionals deemed

2 appropriate by the State; and

3 ‘‘(B) be free standing, virtual, or based at

4 a hospital, community health center, rural clin-

5 ic, clinical practice or clinical group practice,

6 academic health center, or any entity deemed

7 appropriate by the State and approved by the

8 Secretary.

9 ‘‘(6) HEALTH TEAM.—The term ‘health team’

10 has the meaning given such term for purposes of

11 section 3502 of the Patient Protection and Afford-

12 able Care Act.

13 ‘‘(7) BIRTHING DATA AND EXCHANGE.—

14 ‘‘(A) PROPOSAL FOR USE OF HEALTH IN-

15 FORMATION TECHNOLOGY.—A State shall in-

16 clude in the State plan amendment a proposal

17 for use of health information technology in pro-

18 viding birthing network services under this sec-

19 tion and improving service delivery and coordi-

20 nation across the care continuum (including the

21 use of wireless patient technology to improve

22 coordination and management of care and pa-

23 tient adherence to recommendations made by

24 their provider).
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