Each State must study delivery costs within 30 months and every five years after
What the document says“State (as such term is defined in section 1101(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301(a)(1)) for purposes of titles XIX and XXI of such Act) shall conduct a study on the costs of providing maternity, labor, and delivery services in applicable hospitals (as defined in paragraph (3)) and submit the results of such study to the Secretary of Health and Human Services”
Subsection (a) of section 6104 requires each State to conduct a study on the costs of providing maternity, labor and delivery services in applicable hospitals, and to submit the results to the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the form and manner the Secretary requires. The first study is due no later than 30 months after enactment, and one is due every five years after that.
What the document actually says“State (as such term is defined in section 1101(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301(a)(1)) for purposes of titles XIX and XXI of such Act) shall conduct a study on the costs of providing maternity, labor, and delivery services in applicable hospitals (as defined in paragraph (3)) and submit the results of such study to the Secretary of Health and Human Services”
Each state must study what it costs to care for birth at certain hospitals. It must send the results to the health chief.
Hospitals in some places have stopped delivering babies. A study of the costs is a step toward knowing why. The first one is due 30 months after this law passed.
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