To address maternity care shortages and promote optimal maternity outcomes by expanding access to birth centers and exploring more effective payment models for birth center care, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To address maternity care shortages and promote optimal maternity outcomes by expanding access to birth centers and exploring more effective payment models for birth center care, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Transportation, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Better Availability of Birth Centers Improves Outcomes and Expands Savings Act or the BABIES Act.
- Section id2823db30694244dd99058e4e59133000: 2. Grants to improve access to freestanding birth center services Part P of title III of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 280g et seq.) is amended by...
- Section idfccb1fb452104c7c94ebbbd44c60e353: 399V–8. Strong start birth center grants to assist birth centers with start-up or expansion costs to expand access to birth center services in underserved...
- Section idf39784ccfdd241498e86b22a557f61f8: 3. Medicaid demonstration program to improve freestanding birth center services Section 1903 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b) is amended by adding...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To address maternity care shortages and promote optimal maternity outcomes by expanding access to birth centers and exploring more effective payment models for birth center care, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Transportation, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, To address maternity care shortages and promote optimal maternity outcomes by expanding access to birth centers and exploring more effective payment models for birth center care, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Luján introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "the_administrator"
- → The Administrator identified in the operative section
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