HR 2295
108th Congress
House
Health
Case management
Managed care
Medicaid
Medical fees
Midwives
Nurse practitioners
Physicians' assistants
Social Welfare
Women
Medicaid Nursing Incentive Act of 2003
Introduced: June 2, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 11, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 2, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jun 2, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Medicaid Nursing Incentive Act of 2003 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to eliminate the State option to include nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and physician assistants as primary care case managers. Specifies as primary care case managers any nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, or physician assistant that provides primary care case management services under a primary care case management contract.
Revises the coverage of certain nurse practitioner services under the Medicaid fee-for-service program to remove the specification of certified pediatric nurse practitioner and certified family nurse practitioner in order to extend such coverage to services furnished by any certified nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist.
Includes certified nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists in the mix of service providers which Medicaid managed care organizations are required to maintain.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committees of jurisdiction
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