00                           HOUSE BILL NO. 111                                                                           
01 "An Act adding birthing centers to the list of health facilities eligible for payment of                                
02 medical assistance for needy persons."                                                                                  
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1.  AS 47.07.900(11) is amended to read:                                                                 
05                 (11)  "health facility" includes a hospital, skilled nursing facility,                                  
06       intermediate care facility, intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded,                                 
07       rehabilitation facility, inpatient psychiatric facility, home health agency, rural health                         
08       clinic, [AND] outpatient surgical clinic, and birthing center;