[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1936 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1936

 To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for certain minimum 
 requirements under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program with 
                    respect to obstetrical benefits.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 27, 1995

  Mr. Miller of California (for himself, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Waxman, Mr. 
 Sanders, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Ackerman, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Scott, 
 Mr. Torricelli, Mr. Dellums, Mr. Flake, Ms. Woolsey, Mrs. Schroeder, 
 Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Owens, Mr. Stark, Mr. Evans, Mr. Frazer, Mr. Borski, 
 Mr. Nadler, and Mr. Serrano) introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for certain minimum 
 requirements under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program with 
                    respect to obstetrical benefits.
    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. CONTRACT REQUIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 8902 of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(o)(1) A contract under this chapter which provides obstetrical 
benefits may not be approved unless it provides coverage for at least--
            ``(A) 48 hours of inpatient care following a vaginal 
        delivery, and
            ``(B) 96 hours of inpatient care following a delivery by 
        caesarean section,
for the mother and her newborn child in a licensed hospital.
    ``(2)(A) Paragraph (1) shall not apply if the contract provides 
coverage for post-delivery care which satisfies subparagraph (B).
    ``(B) In order to satisfy this subparagraph--
            ``(i) the post-delivery care must consist of at least 3 
        home visits by a registered professional nurse with at least 3 
        years of experience in community maternal and child health 
        nursing;
            ``(ii) the post-delivery care must include parent 
        education, assistance and training in breast or bottle feeding, 
        and the performance of any necessary and appropriate maternal 
        and neonatal physical assessments; and
            ``(iii) the first home visit must take place within such 
        period of time as the Office shall by regulation prescribe, 
        except that, if the delivery is in a hospital, such visit must 
        take place within 24 hours after the mother and her newborn 
        child have been discharged.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to contracts entered into for any contract year 
beginning at least 6 months after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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