parent-child interaction, and guidance on behavior management have shown to increase participation in well-child visits and are associated with high levels of parent satisfaction. (12) Families participating in the Healthy Families America home visiting program have seen impacts within one year or less, including a 48 percent reduction in babies born with low birth weight and increased healthy parent behaviors, such as a 41 percent reduction in alcohol use. Mothers participating in such program were more than five times as likely to continue their education. 3. State option to provide for maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting programs Title XIX of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: 1948. State option to provide for maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting programs (a) In General Notwithstanding section 1902(a)(1) (relating to statewideness), section 1902(a)(10)(B) (relating to comparability), and any other provision of this title for which the Secretary determines it is necessary to waive in order to implement this section, beginning on January 1, 2018, a State, at its option as a State plan amendment, may provide for medical assistance under this title to eligible families through services furnished under early childhood home visitation programs or pediatric-based services that satisfy the requirements of subsection (b) in order to promote improvements in maternal and prenatal health, infant health, child health and development, parenting related to child development outcomes, school readiness, and the socioeconomic status of such families, and reductions in child abuse, neglect, and injuries. (b) Program requirements The requirements of this subsection for an early childhood home visitation program conducted pursuant to this section are as follows: (1) Quantifiable, measurable improvement in benchmark areas (A) In general The early childhood home visitation program establishes, subject to the approval of the