S 1423
111th Congress
Senate
Health
Child health
Health facilities and institutions
Medicaid
Sex and reproductive health
Women's health
Medicaid Birth Center Reimbursement Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 9, 2009
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jul 9, 2009
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7320-7321)
Jul 9, 2009
Introduced in Senate
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Plain-English summary
Medicaid Birth Center Reimbursement Act - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to authorize coverage under the Medicaid program for services at a non-hospital freestanding birth center where childbirth is planned to occur away from the pregnant woman's residence.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Bill text
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1423: Medicaid Birth Center Reimbursement Act. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1423/
"S. 1423: Medicaid Birth Center Reimbursement Act." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1423/.
S. 1423, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-1423/.
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