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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 141 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To identify and address barriers to coverage of remote physiologic devices |
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| 6 | 6 | | under State Medicaid programs to improve maternal and child health |
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| 7 | 7 | | outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY16, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. C |
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| 11 | 11 | | ASSIDY(for himself, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. WARNOCK, and Mr. YOUNG) in- |
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| 12 | 12 | | troduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- |
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| 13 | 13 | | mittee on Finance |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To identify and address barriers to coverage of remote phys- |
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| 16 | 16 | | iologic devices under State Medicaid programs to improve |
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| 17 | 17 | | maternal and child health outcomes for pregnant and |
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| 18 | 18 | | postpartum women. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Connected Maternal 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Online Monitoring Act’’ or the ‘‘Connected MOM Act’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | •S 141 IS |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF REMOTE PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | DEVICES AND IMPACT ON MATERNAL AND 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES UNDER MED-3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ICAID. 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) R |
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| 32 | 32 | | EPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 18 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | retary of Health and Human Services shall submit to Con-7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | gress a report containing information on authorities and 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | State practices for covering remote physiological moni-9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | toring devices, including limitations and barriers to such 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | coverage and the impact on maternal health outcomes, and 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | to the extent appropriate, recommendations on how to ad-12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | dress such limitations or barriers related to coverage of 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | remote physiologic devices under State Medicaid pro-14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | grams, including, but not limited to, pulse oximeters, blood 15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | pressure cuffs, scales, and blood glucose monitors, with 16 |
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| 44 | 44 | | the goal of improving maternal and child health outcomes 17 |
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| 45 | 45 | | for pregnant and postpartum women enrolled in State 18 |
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| 46 | 46 | | Medicaid programs. 19 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (b) S |
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| 48 | 48 | | TATERESOURCES.—Not later than 6 months 20 |
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| 49 | 49 | | after the submission of the report required by subsection 21 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (a), the Secretary shall update resources for State Med-22 |
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| 51 | 51 | | icaid programs, such as State Medicaid telehealth toolkits, 23 |
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| 52 | 52 | | to be consistent with the recommendations provided in 24 |
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| 53 | 53 | | such report. 25 |
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| 54 | 54 | | Æ |
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