[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 801 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 801

  To identify and address barriers to coverage of remote physiologic 
  devices under State Medicaid programs to improve maternal and child 
           health outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               March 17 (legislative day, March 16), 2021

 Mr. Cassidy (for himself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Carper, Mr. Young, and Ms. 
Rosen) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 
                      to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To identify and address barriers to coverage of remote physiologic 
  devices under State Medicaid programs to improve maternal and child 
           health outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women.

    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 ``Connected Maternal Online Monitoring 
Act'' or the ``Connected MOM Act''.

SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF REMOTE PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING DEVICES AND IMPACT ON 
              MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES UNDER MEDICAID.

    (a) Report to Congress.--Not later than 18 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
submit to Congress a report containing information on authorities and 
State practices for covering remote physiological monitoring devices, 
including limitations and barriers to such coverage and the impact on 
maternal health outcomes, and to the extent appropriate, 
recommendations on how to address such limitations or barriers related 
to coverage of remote physiologic devices under State Medicaid 
programs, including, but not limited to, pulse oximeters, blood 
pressure cuffs, scales, and blood glucose monitors, with the goal of 
improving maternal and child health outcomes for pregnant and 
postpartum women enrolled in State Medicaid programs.
    (b) State Resources.--Not later than 6 months after the submission 
of the report required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall update 
resources for State Medicaid programs, such as State Medicaid 
telehealth toolkits, to be consistent with the recommendations provided 
in such report.
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