To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to waive the obstetrican requirement insofar as it prevents DSH designation in the case of certain rural hospitals.

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA), with regard to requirements to qualify as a disproportionate share (DSH) hospital, to waive for critical access hospitals and essential rural health care providers the requirement that a hospital have two obstetricians with staff privileges who have agreed to provide services to Medicaid-eligible individuals, when such requirement prevents a DSH designation.