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This bill would have the Department of Health and Human Services study how state Medicaid programs cover remote health monitoring devices for pregnant and postpartum women, and what problems may be keeping people from getting these devices. The goal is to help improve health for mothers and babies by making it easier for Medicaid programs to use tools like blood pressure cuffs, pulse oximeters, scales, and blood glucose monitors at home. The department would then share its findings with Congress and update state Medicaid guidance to reflect what it learns.
- Within 18 months after the bill becomes law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services must send Congress a report on how states cover remote physiologic monitoring devices under Medicaid.
- The report must look at barriers and limits to coverage, state practices, and the effect this coverage has on maternal health outcomes.
- The report may also include ways to reduce those barriers and improve coverage for pregnant and postpartum women enrolled in Medicaid.
- Within 6 months after the report is submitted, the department must update state Medicaid resources, such as telehealth toolkits, so they match the report’s recommendations.
Official Summaries
Connected Maternal Online Monitoring Act or the Connected MOM Act
This bill requires the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to report, and provide resources for states, on coverage of remote physiologic devices and related services (e.g., blood glucose monitors) under Medicaid, so as to improve maternal and child health outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 141 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 141
To identify and address barriers to coverage of remote physiologic
devices under State Medicaid programs to improve maternal and child
health outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
January 16, 2025
Mr. Cassidy (for himself, Ms. Hassan, Mr. Warnock, and Mr. Young)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Finance
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A BILL
To identify and address barriers to coverage of remote physiologic
devices under State Medicaid programs to improve maternal and child
health outcomes for pregnant and postpartum women.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Connected Maternal Online Monitoring
Act'' or the ``Connected MOM Act''.
SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF REMOTE PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING DEVICES AND IMPACT ON
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES UNDER MEDICAID.
(a) Report to Congress.--Not later than 18 months after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall
submit to Congress a report containing information on authorities and
State practices for covering remote physiological monitoring devices,
including limitations and barriers to such coverage and the impact on
maternal health outcomes, and to the extent appropriate,
recommendations on how to address such limitations or barriers related
to coverage of remote physiologic devices under State Medicaid
programs, including, but not limited to, pulse oximeters, blood
pressure cuffs, scales, and blood glucose monitors, with the goal of
improving maternal and child health outcomes for pregnant and
postpartum women enrolled in State Medicaid programs.
(b) State Resources.--Not later than 6 months after the submission
of the report required by subsection (a), the Secretary shall update
resources for State Medicaid programs, such as State Medicaid
telehealth toolkits, to be consistent with the recommendations provided
in such report.
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