H.R. 6373: Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act of 2009
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H.R. 6373: Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act of 2009
111th Congress · introduced 2010-09-29 · Health · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2010-09-29 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title
Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act of 2009
Plain summary
Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act of 2009 [ sic ] - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the state option to include nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and physician assistants as primary care case managers. Specifies as primary care case managers any nurse practitioner, certified nurse-midwife, or physician assistant that provides primary care case management services under a primary care case management contract. Revises the coverage of certain nurse practitioner services under the Medicaid fee-for-service program to remove the specification of certified pediatric nurse practitioner and certified family nurse practitioner in order to extend such coverage to services furnished by a nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist. Includes nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, physician assistants, certified nurse midwives, and certified registered nurse anesthetists in the mix of service providers which Medicaid managed care organizations are required to maintain.
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Official text
Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act of 2009
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Rep. Olver, John W. [D-MA-1] · 9 cosponsors
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Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Al Green (D-TX), Edward J. Markey (D-MA)
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111hr6373.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/hr>
Record fed-us-cong111-hr6373 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111