LCO No. 3155 1 of 1 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 6480 January Session, 2019 LCO No. 3155 Referred to Committee on HUMAN SERVICES Introduced by: REP. MCCARTHY VAHEY, 133rd Dist. AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAID PAYMENT RATES FOR CERTIFIED NURSE MIDWIVES. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That title 17b of the general statutes be amended to require that a 1 certified nurse midwife receives the same Medicaid reimbursement 2 rate as an obstetrician/gynecologist. 3 Statement of Purpose: To equalize Medicaid payment rates between certified nurse midwives and obstetrician/gynecologists.