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Problem:SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT FOR POST-DELIVERY FOLLOW-UP CARE FOR EARLY
HOSPITAL DISCHARGES AFTER CHILDBIRTH.

(a) Public Health Service Act Amendment.--
(1) Group health coverage.--Section 2704(a) of the Public
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-4(a)) is amended--
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ''Paragraph'' and
inserting ''Subject to paragraph (3), paragraph'', and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
''(3) Requiring coverage of post-delivery follow-up care.--
''(A) In general.--In the case of a decision
described in paragraph (2) (relating to early
discharge), the group health plan or health insurance
issuer offering the coverage shall provide coverage for
timely post-delivery care in any of the following
settings (as selected by the mother): the mother's
home, a provider's office, a hospital, a federally
qualified health center, a federally qualified rural
health clinic, a State health department maternity clinic, or another
setting (which may include a birthing center or an intermediate care
facility) determined appropriate under regulations promulgated by the
Secretary.
''(B) Timely care.--For purposes of subparagraph
(A), the term 'timely post-delivery care' means health
care that is provided--
''(i) to a mother and her newborn child
following the discharge of a mother and her
newborn child from the hospital;
''(ii) by a registered nurse, physician (as
defined in section 1861(r)(1) of the Social
Security Act), nurse practitioner, nurse
midwife, or physician assistant experienced in
maternal and child health, as selected by the
mother; and
''(iii) in a manner that meets the health
care needs of the mother and her newborn child,
that provides for the appropriate monitoring of
the conditions of the mother and child, and
that occurs within 72 hours following
discharge.
''(C) Consistency with state law.--The Secretary
shall, with respect to regulations promulgated under to
carry out this paragraph and concerning appropriate
post-delivery care settings, ensure that, to the extent
practicable, such regulations are consistent with State
licensing and practice laws.''.
(2) Application to individual health insurance coverage.--
The amendments made by paragraph (1) apply to health insurance
coverage in the individual market under section 2751(a) of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-51).
(b) ERISA Amendments.--Section 711(a) of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1185(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ''Paragraph'' and
inserting ''Subject to paragraph (3), paragraph'', and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
''(3) Requiring coverage of post-delivery follow-up care.--
''(A) In general.--In the case of a decision
described in paragraph (2) (relating to early
discharge), the group health plan or health insurance
issuer offering the coverage shall provide coverage for
timely post-delivery care in any of the following
settings (as selected by the mother): the mother's
home, a provider's office, a hospital, a federally
qualified health center, a federally qualified rural
health clinic, a State health department maternity
clinic, or another setting (which may include a
birthing center or an intermediate care facility)
determined appropriate under regulations promulgated by
the Secretary.
''(B) Timely care.--For purposes of subparagraph
(A), the term 'timely post-delivery care' means health
care that is provided--
''(i) to a mother and her newborn child
following the discharge of a mother and her
newborn child from the hospital;
''(ii) by a registered nurse, physician (as
defined in section 1861(r)(1) of the Social
Security Act), nurse practitioner, nurse
midwife, or physician assistant experienced in
maternal and child health, as selected by the
mother; and
''(iii) in a manner that meets the health
care needs of the mother and her newborn child,
that provides for the appropriate monitoring of
the conditions of the mother and child, and
that occurs within 72 hours following
discharge.
''(C) Consistency with state law.--The Secretary
shall, with respect to regulations promulgated under to
carry out this paragraph and concerning appropriate
post-delivery care settings, ensure that, to the extent
practicable, such regulations are consistent with State
licensing and practice laws.''.
(c) Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Amendment.--Section 9811 of the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as inserted by section 1531(a)(4) of the
Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ''Paragraph'' and
inserting ''Subject to paragraph (3), paragraph'', and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
''(3) Requiring coverage of post-delivery follow-up care.--
''(A) In general.--In the case of a decision
described in paragraph (2) (relating to early
discharge), the group health plan or health insurance
issuer offering the coverage shall provide coverage for
timely post-delivery care in any of the following
settings (as selected by the mother): the mother's
home, a provider's office, a hospital, a federally
qualified health center, a federally qualified rural
health clinic, a State health department maternity
clinic, or another setting (which may include a
birthing center or an intermediate care facility)
determined appropriate under regulations promulgated by
the Secretary.
''(B) Timely care.--For purposes of subparagraph
(A), the term 'timely post-delivery care' means health
care that is provided--
''(i) to a mother and her newborn child
following the discharge of a mother and her
newborn child from the hospital;
''(ii) by a registered nurse, physician (as
defined in section 1861(r)(1) of the Social
Security Act), nurse practitioner, nurse
midwife, or physician assistant experienced in
maternal and child health, as selected by the
mother; and
''(iii) in a manner that meets the health
care needs of the mother and her newborn child,
that provides for the appropriate monitoring of
the conditions of the mother and child, and
that occurs within 72 hours following
discharge.
''(C) Consistency with state law.--The Secretary
shall, with respect to regulations promulgated under to
carry out this paragraph and concerning appropriate
post-delivery care settings, ensure that, to the extent
practicable, such regulations are consistent with State
licensing and practice laws.''.
(d) Effective Dates.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the amendments
made by this section shall apply with respect to--
(A) group health plans, and health insurance
coverage offered in connection with group health plans,
for plan years beginning after January 1, 1999; and
(B) health insurance coverage offered, sold,
issued, renewed, in effect, or operated in the
individual market after such date.
(2) Special rule for collective bargaining agreements.--In
the case of a group health plan maintained pursuant to one or
more collective bargaining agreements between employee
representatives and one or more employers ratified before the
date of the enactment of this Act, the amendments made by this
section shall not apply to plan years beginning before the
later of--
(A) the date on which the last of the collective
bargaining agreements relating to the plan terminates
(determined without regard to any extension thereof
agreed to after the date of the enactment of this Act),
or
(B) January 1, 1999.
For purposes of subparagraph (A), any plan amendment made
pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement relating to the
plan which amends the plan solely to conform to any requirement
imposed under an amendment made by this Act shall not be
treated as a termination of such collective bargaining
agreement.
Solution:
Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code to require that, when an attending provider and the mother decide to discharge the mother or her newborn prior to specified minimum inpatient periods following delivery, the group health plan or insurer offering coverage provide coverage for timely post-delivery care in any of specified settings, as selected by the mother. Applies the requirement to coverage in the individual market under specified provisions of the PHSA.