3.0.0 1303 2023-01-11T13:18:36Z 2023-01-11T13:18:36Z Senate S S 2009-06-18 111 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2009-06-18T22:41:40Z 2009-06-18 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2009-06-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N Health Advisory bodies Cancer Child health Family planning and birth control Health care costs and insurance Health care coverage and access Health care quality Health programs administration and funding Health promotion and preventive care Medicaid Minority health Nursing Women's health Health 00 2009-06-18 Introduced in Senate 2009-10-09T14:45:44Z

Women's Medical Home Demonstration Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to: (1) establish a three-year women's medical home demonstration project to provide enhanced care to women receiving assistance under Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP, formerly known as SCHIP) focusing on specified medical conditions, including premature birth, cervical and breast cancer, menopause, and postpartum depression; (2) establish a Women's Medical Home Advisory Council; and (3) specify standards for certification of certain health care providers as women's medical homes. Defines a "women's medical home" as a physician-led practice, or advanced practice nurse-directed practice, that uses innovations to improve the management and coordination of women's health care and that meets specified standards.

Sets forth project goals, including: (1) increasing cost efficiencies of health care delivery, access to appropriate health care services, and patient satisfaction; (2) decreasing inappropriate emergency room utilization, duplication of health care services, and health disparities; and (3) providing appropriate referrals to multidisciplinary services.

Authorizes the Secretary to award planning or implementation grants to entities participating in the demonstration project.

]]> Women's Medical Home Demonstration Act Display Title Women's Medical Home Demonstration Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a women's medical home demonstration project. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Women's Medical Home Demonstration Act Introduced in Senate 2009-06-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1303is/xml/BILLS-111s1303is.xml 2009-06-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.