[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 66 Introduced in Senate (IS)]














109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 66

 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 24, 2005

  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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Nursing School Clinics Act of 
2005''.

SEC. 2. 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 (27), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (28) as paragraph (29); and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (27), the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(28) nursing school clinic services (as defined in 
        subsection (x)) 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 the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection:
    ``(y) 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 Amendment.--Section 1902(a)(10)(C)(iv) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(C)(iv)) is amended by inserting 
``and (28)'' after ``(24)''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall be 
effective with respect to payments made under a State plan under title 
XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) for calendar 
quarters commencing with the first calendar quarter beginning after the 
date of enactment of this Act.