[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 63 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 63
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 7, 2003
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
2003''.
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 (26), by striking ``and'' at the end;
(2) by redesignating paragraph (27) as paragraph (28); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (26), the following new
paragraph:
``(27) 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:
``(x) 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 (27)'' 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.
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