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HR 872 109th Congress House

Improving Access to Nurse-Midwifery Care Act of 2005

Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for reimbursement of certified midwife services and to provide for more equitable reimbursement rates for certified nurse-midwife services.

Introduced: September 13, 2005 See on congress.gov
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Mar 22, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Mar 15, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Feb 16, 2005
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 16, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 22, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Improving Access to Nurse-Midwifery Care Act of 2005 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of and payment for certified midwife services. (Currently only certified nurse-midwife services are covered.)

Declares that nothing precludes certified nurse-midwives and certified midwives from teaching or supervising an intern or resident-in-training.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 3
BOYD, ALLEN
· Dec 8, 2005
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Dec 8, 2005
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Dec 8, 2005
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Sep 13, 2005
CAMP, DAVE
· Jul 18, 2005
JOHNSON, TIMOTHY
· Jul 18, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 872: Improving Access to Nurse-Midwifery Care Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-872/
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"H.R. 872: Improving Access to Nurse-Midwifery Care Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-872/.
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H.R. 872, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-872/.
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