fied to be a maternity health home on the basis of 
documentation evidencing that the entity has the 
systems, expertise, and infrastructure in place to 
provide pregnancy and postpartum coordinated care 
services. Such term may include providers who are 
employed by, or affiliated with, a hospital. 
‘‘(2) MATERNITY
HEALTH
HOME.—The term 
‘maternity health home’ means a designated provider 
(including a provider that operates in coordination 
with a team of health care professionals) or a health 
team is selected by an eligible woman to provide 
pregnancy and postpartum coordinated care services. 
‘‘(3) HEALTH TEAM.—The term ‘health team’ 
has the meaning given such term for purposes of 
section 3502 of Public Law 111–148. 
‘‘(4) PREGNANCY
AND
POSTPARTUM
COORDI-
NATED CARE SERVICES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘pregnancy 
and postpartum coordinated care services’ 
means items and services related to the coordi-
nation of care for comprehensive and timely 
high-quality, culturally and linguistically appro-
priate, services described in subparagraph (B) 
that are provided to an eligible woman by a 
designated provider, a team of health care pro-
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fessionals operating with such a provider, or a 
health team (designated as a maternity health 
home). 
‘‘(B) SERVICES DESCRIBED.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The services de-
scribed in this subparagraph shall include 
with respect to a State electing the State 
plan amendment option under this section, 
any medical assistance for items and serv-
ices for which payment is available under 
the State plan or under a waiver of such 
plan. 
‘‘(ii) OTHER ITEMS AND SERVICES.— 
In addition to medical assistance described 
in clause (i), the services described in this 
subparagraph shall include the following: 
‘‘(I) Comprehensive care manage-
ment. 
‘‘(II) Care coordination (includ-
ing with pediatricians, specialists, and 
providers of early intervention serv-
ices, as appropriate), health pro-
motion, and providing access to the 
full range of maternal, obstetric, and 
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gynecologic services, including services 
from out-of-State providers. 
‘‘(III) Comprehensive transitional 
care, including appropriate follow-up, 
from inpatient to other settings. 
‘‘(IV) Patient and family support 
(including authorized representatives). 
‘‘(V) Referrals to community and 
social support services, if relevant. 
‘‘(VI) Use of health information 
technology to link services, as feasible 
and appropriate. 
‘‘(5) 
TEAM
OF
HEALTH
CARE
PROFES-
SIONALS.—The term ‘team of health care profes-
sionals’ means a team of health care professionals 
(as described in the State plan amendment under 
this section) that may— 
‘‘(A) include— 
‘‘(i) physicians, including gynecologist- 
obstetricians, pediatricians, and other pro-
fessionals such as physicians assistants, 
advance practice nurses, including certified 
midwives, nurses, nurse care coordinators, 
dietitians, nutritionists, social workers, be-
havioral 
health 
professionals, 
physical 
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counselors, physical therapists, occupa-
tional therapists, or any professionals that 
assist 
in 
prenatal 
care, 
delivery, 
or 
postpartum care for which medical assist-
ance is available under the State plan or a 
waiver of such plan and determined to be 
appropriate by the State and approved by 
the Secretary; 
‘‘(ii) an entity or individual who is 
designated to coordinate such care deliv-
ered by the team; and 
‘‘(iii) when appropriate and if other-
wise eligible to furnish items and services 
that are reimbursable as medical assist-
ance under the State plan or under a waiv-
er of such plan, doulas, community health 
workers, translators and interpreters, and 
other individuals with culturally appro-
priate and trauma-informed expertise; and 
‘‘(B) provide care at a facility that is free-
standing, virtual, or based at a hospital, com-
munity health center, community mental health 
center, rural clinic, clinical practice or clinical 
group practice, academic health center, or any 
entity determined to be appropriate by the 
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State and approved by the Secretary, or provide 
care at the home of an individual with respect 
to a home birth.’’. 
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