[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 157 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 157

 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage 
  of services provided by nursing school clinics under State Medicaid 
                               programs.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 21, 1997

  Mr. Inouye introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage 
  of services provided by nursing school clinics under State Medicaid 
                               programs.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MEDICAID COVERAGE OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY NURSING SCHOOL 
              CLINICS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1905(a) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396d(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (24), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (25) as paragraph (26); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (24), the following:
            ``(25) nursing school clinic services (as defined in 
        subsection (t)) furnished by or under the supervision of a 
        nurse practitioner or a clinical nurse specialist (as defined 
        in section 1861(aa)(5)), whether or not the nurse practitioner 
        or clinical nurse specialist is under the supervision of, or 
        associated with, a physician or other health care provider; 
        and''.
    (b) Nursing School Clinic Services Defined.--Section 1905 of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(t) The term `nursing school clinic services' means services 
provided by a health care facility operated by an accredited school of 
nursing which provides primary care, long-term care, mental health 
counseling, home health counseling, home health care, or other health 
care services which are within the scope of practice of a registered 
nurse.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--Section 1902 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1396a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(10)(C)(iv), by striking ``through 
        (24)'' and inserting ``through (25)''; and
            (2) in subsection (j), by striking ``through (25)'' and 
        inserting ``through (26)''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this Act shall be 
effective with respect to payments made under a State plan under title 
XIX of the Social Security Act for calendar quarters commencing with 
the first calendar quarter beginning after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.
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