S. 1716 · 117th Congress
BABIES Act
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Birth Access Benefiting Improved Essential Facility Services Act or the BABIES Act
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · May 19, 2021
Birth Access Benefiting Improved Essential Facility Services Act or the BABIES Act
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to establish a Medicaid demonstration program to improve freestanding birth center services for women with low-risk pregnancies.
Among other things, the CMS must (1) publish criteria for freestanding birth centers to participate in the program, including specified accreditation, licensure, and service requirements; (2) publish guidance for states to establish prospective payment systems under Medicaid for program participants; and (3) award planning grants for states to develop program proposals. The CMS may choose up to six states to participate in the program.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: BABIES Act
Also known as: Birth Access Benefiting Improved Essential Facility Services Act
Latest action (May 19, 2021): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Policy area: Health · Origin: Senate · Introduced: May 19, 2021
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.