Bill > S3090

This bill, the Maximizing Outcomes for Moms through Medicaid Improvement and Enhancement of Services Act (MOMMIES Act), aims to improve Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) for low-income mothers. The key provisions include: 1. Extending continuous Medicaid and CHIP coverage for pregnant and postpartum individuals from 60 days to 1 year (or longer if a state elects) after the end of pregnancy. 2. Requiring states to provide full Medicaid benefits for at least 1 year (or longer if a state elects) for pregnant and postpartum individuals, regardless of the basis for their eligibility. 3. Requiring Medicaid and CHIP to cover oral health services for pregnant and postpartum individuals. 4. Establishing a maintenance of effort requirement to prevent states from restricting eligibility or reducing benefits for low-income pregnant individuals. 5. Providing a 100% federal medical assistance percentage (FMAP) for the additional costs states incur due to the bill's requirements. 6. Directing the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to study gaps in coverage for pregnant, postpartum, and birthing individuals under Medicaid and CHIP. 7. Creating a Maternity Care Home Demonstration Project to improve maternal and infant health outcomes, birth equity, and care coordination. 8. Reinstating and expanding the requirement for Medicaid to pay primary care providers at Medicare rates. 9. Directing the Medicaid and CHIP Payment and Access Commission (MACPAC) to study Medicaid coverage of doula services and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to issue guidance to states on increasing access to doula services. 10. Requiring a GAO report on state Medicaid programs' use of telehealth to increase access to maternity care.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3090/all-info