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BILL DRAFT CURRENT LAW

Medicaid Option for High Risk Pregnancies and Births N/A
Within its state plan, states may provide medical assistance to
eligible individuals for maternal-fetal and neonatal care who
select a designated provider, a team of health care profession-
als operating with such a provider, or a health team as her
birthing network for purposes of providing pregnancy-related
services. The “team of health care professionals” may be
virtual.

When appropriate and feasible, providers shall use health
information technology when fulfilling their obligation to report
monthly to the state on measures determining quality of
service.

Birthing network services include:
• Comprehensive care coordination;
• Health promotion;
• A call center to offer 24-hour physician support for consulta-
tions with maternal-fetal medicine specialists;
• Newborn screening;
• Patient and family support;
• Referral to community and social support services;
• Use of health information technology to link services and
provide monitoring as feasible and appropriate.

A state shall include in its state plan amendment a proposal to
use health information technology in providing birthing network
services and improving service delivery and coordination
across the care continuum, including the use of wireless patient
technology to improve coordination and management of care,
and patient adherence to recommendations by the provider.
Universal Service Support Health Care Providers eligible for Universal
Adds to the definition of a “health care provider” for purposes of Service Support are:
Universal Services Support rural health discounts (including • Postsecondary educational institutions
eligibility for the Healthcare Connect Fund) the following: offering health care instruction, teaching
• Ambulance providers and other emergency medical hospitals, and medical schools;
transport providers; • Community health centers or health
• Health clinics of elementary and secondary schools, centers providing health care to migrants;
and post-secondary educational institutions; • Local health departments or agencies;
• Sites where telehealth services are provided under • Community mental health centers;
1834(m) of the Social Security Act, or under a state • Not-for-profit hospitals;
plan under Title XIX. • Rural health clinics ;
• Consortia of any of the above.
The Commission will establish competitively neutral rules for
healthcare providers regardless of the location of the providers.

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