Including services furnished by certain students, interns, and residents supervised by certified nurse midwives or certified midwives within inpatient hospital services under Medicare

(a) In general Section 1861(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(b)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (6), by striking; or at the end and inserting, or in the case of services in a hospital or osteopathic hospital by a student midwife or an intern or resident-in-training under a teaching program previously described in this paragraph who is in the field of obstetrics and gynecology, if such student midwife, intern, or resident-in-training is supervised by a certified nurse-midwife or certified midwife to the extent permitted under applicable State law and as may be authorized by the hospital;; (2) in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and inserting; or; and (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (8) a certified nurse-midwife or certified midwife where the hospital has a teaching program approved as specified in paragraph (6), if— (A) the hospital elects to receive any payment due under this title for reasonable costs of such services; and (B) all certified nurse-midwives or certified midwives in such hospital agree not to bill charges for professional services rendered in such hospital to individuals covered under the insurance program established by this title.. (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to services furnished on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.