Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Protecting Access to Primary Care Act”.
Protecting Access to Primary Care Act
A BILL
To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to extend the temporary Medicare payment rate floor for primary care services of primary care physicians to nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, physician assistants, and certified nurse-midwives under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Extension of temporary Medicare payment rate floor to primary care services furnished by health care practitioners under Medicaid
In general— Section 1902(a)(13)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(13)(C)) is amended—
by inserting “or a health care practitioner who is a nurse practitioner, physician assistant, or clinical nurse specialist (as such terms are defined in section 1861(aa)(5)) or a certified nurse midwife (as defined in section 1861(gg)(2))” after “pediatric medicine”; and
by striking “such services and physician” and inserting “such services and physician or health care practitioner”.
Effective date— The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to items and services furnished on or after the first day of the first calendar quarter that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act.