II 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 801 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. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MARCH 17 (legislative day, MARCH 16), 2021 Mr. CASSIDY (for himself, Ms. HASSAN, Mr. CARPER, Mr. YOUNG, and Ms. ROSEN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To identify and address barriers to coverage of remote phys- iologic 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 Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Connected Maternal 4 Online Monitoring Act’’ or the ‘‘Connected MOM Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:34 Apr 03, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S801.IS S801 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 801 IS SEC. 2. COVERAGE OF REMOTE PHYSIOLOGIC MONITORING 1 DEVICES AND IMPACT ON MATERNAL AND 2 CHILD HEALTH OUTCOMES UNDER MED- 3 ICAID. 4 (a) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 18 5 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec- 6 retary of Health and Human Services shall submit to Con- 7 gress a report containing information on authorities and 8 State practices for covering remote physiological moni- 9 toring devices, including limitations and barriers to such 10 coverage and the impact on maternal health outcomes, and 11 to the extent appropriate, recommendations on how to ad- 12 dress such limitations or barriers related to coverage of 13 remote physiologic devices under State Medicaid pro- 14 grams, including, but not limited to, pulse oximeters, blood 15 pressure cuffs, scales, and blood glucose monitors, with 16 the goal of improving maternal and child health outcomes 17 for pregnant and postpartum women enrolled in State 18 Medicaid programs. 19 (b) STATE RESOURCES.—Not later than 6 months 20 after the submission of the report required by subsection 21 (a), the Secretary shall update resources for State Med- 22 icaid programs, such as State Medicaid telehealth toolkits, 23 to be consistent with the recommendations provided in 24 such report. 25 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 04:34 Apr 03, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S801.IS S801 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS