; (bb) facility payment for observation short stays to rule out labor or for therapeutic rest; (cc) ensuring payment for the newborn and mother as two facility payment components; (dd) ensuring payment for nitrous oxide and hydrotherapy supplies costs for pain relief; (ee) ensuring payment for all professional services of health professionals involved in the delivery of care in a birth center which may include 3 or more office visits; observation and triage; newborn exam and care; and multiple postpartum, mother, and baby visits, as needed; (ff) ensuring payment for partial prenatal and postpartum care episodes or for prenatal care only with planned delivery in the hospital and client returning for postpartum care in the birth center; and (gg) payment for services provided within— (AA) in the case of a pregnant woman, the period that commences upon the confirmation of pregnancy when the woman is accepted into care at the freestanding birth center, continues through prenatal care, labor and delivery, and ends 60 days postpartum, inclusive of at least 2 postpartum care visits; and (BB) in the case of a newborn, a period that continues through the first 28 days of life. (B) Planning grants (i) In general Not later than 18 months after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the Secretary shall award planning grants to States for the purpose of developing proposals to conduct a demonstration program described in paragraph (3). (ii) Use of funds A State awarded a planning grant under this subparagraph shall use the funds awarded under such grant to— (I) solicit input with respect to the development of the demonstration program from patients, providers (including certified nurse-midwives and physicians) and other stakeholders