HR 3602 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Certified Nurse Midwifery Medicare Services Act of 2001

Introduced Dec 20, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Edolphus Towns D-NY

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Dec 28, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedDec 20, 2001
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Certified Nurse Midwifery Medicare Services Act of 2001 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of and payment for certified midwife services (currently only certified nurse-midwife services are covered) and freestanding birth center services under Medicare part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance).

Declares that nothing precludes certified nurse-midwives and certified midwives from teaching or supervising an intern or resident-in-training.

Cosponsors 48

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 20, 2001 to Oct 8, 2002; 37 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-MSBennie G. ThompsonOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-ILBobby L. RushOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-MICarolyn C. KilpatrickOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalDec 20, 2001
R-MDConstance A. MorellaOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-NCDavid E. PriceOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-KSDennis MooreOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-ALEarl F. HilliardOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-NCEva M. ClaytonOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-NJFrank Pallone, Jr.OriginalDec 20, 2001
R-MIFred UptonOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-WIGerald D. KleczkaOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanOriginalDec 20, 2001
R-IAJames A. LeachOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-MIJohn D. DingellOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-MEJohn Elias BaldacciOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-GAJohn LewisOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-CAJuanita Millender-McDonaldOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-INJulia CarsonOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-CALois CappsOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-MILynn N. RiversOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-NYMajor R. OwensOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyOriginalDec 20, 2001
R-OHMichael G. OxleyOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-NYMichael R. McNultyOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-CAMike ThompsonOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-HINeil AbercrombieOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-NYNita M. LoweyOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-RIPatrick J. KennedyOriginalDec 20, 2001
R-OHPaul E. GillmorOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-OHTed StricklandOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-NMTom UdallOriginalDec 20, 2001
D-FLAllen BoydOct 8, 2002
D-MIBart StupakOct 8, 2002
D-MIDale E. KildeeOct 8, 2002
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOct 8, 2002
R-ORGreg WaldenOct 8, 2002
R-NMHeather WilsonOct 8, 2002
D-PAJoseph M. HoeffelOct 8, 2002
D-FLKaren L. ThurmanOct 8, 2002
D-KYKen LucasOct 8, 2002
D-CTRosa L. DeLauroOct 8, 2002
D-METhomas H. AllenOct 8, 2002

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Dec 20, 2001
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Dec 20, 2001
Health Subcommittee
Referred Dec 28, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 28, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
  2. Dec 20, 2001Introduced in House
  3. Dec 20, 2001Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend title XVIII of the Soical Security Act to provide for reimbursement of certified midwife services, to provide for more equitable reimbursement rates certified nurse-midwife services, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Certified Nurse Midwifery Medicare Services Act of 2001

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Dec 20, 2001Introduced in House

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