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2020 SESSION
HB 826 State plan for medical assistance; payment for services provided by certified doulas.
Introduced by: Jennifer Carroll Foy | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE: (all summaries)
State plan for medical assistance; perinatal birth workers. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to convene a work group to (i) evaluate the potential costs and benefits, including potential reductions in maternal and infant mortality rates, of amending the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for the payment of medical assistance for antepartum, intrapartum, or postpartum services provided to a pregnant person or to a person who is up to one year postpartum for labor and delivery support by a certified doula and at least four visits during the antenatal period and at least seven visits during the postpartum period with a certified doula and (ii) develop recommendations related to an appropriate reimbursement rate for such services provided by certified doulas. The work group shall report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by December 1, 2020.
FULL TEXT
- 01/07/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104932D pdf | impact statement
- 02/05/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107706D-H1 pdf | impact statement
- 03/05/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB826ER) pdf | impact statement
- 04/07/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0841) pdf
AMENDMENTS
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
- House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- House committee amendments reported
- House amendments not adopted
HISTORY
- 01/07/20 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104932D
- 01/07/20 House: Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions
- 01/17/20 House: Assigned HWI sub: Health
- 01/28/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
- 01/28/20 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/30/20 House: Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
- 01/30/20 House: Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/20 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/05/20 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/20 House: Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/20 House: Committee substitute printed 20107706D-H1
- 02/06/20 House: Read first time
- 02/07/20 House: Read second time
- 02/07/20 House: Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions amendments rejected
- 02/07/20 House: Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 20107706D-H1
- 02/07/20 House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB826H1
- 02/10/20 House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/10/20 House: VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
- 02/11/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/11/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 02/27/20 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/20 Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
- 03/02/20 Senate: Read third time
- 03/02/20 Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/05/20 House: Enrolled
- 03/05/20 House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB826ER)
- 03/06/20 House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/06/20 Senate: Signed by President
- 03/12/20 House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
- 03/12/20 Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
- 04/07/20 Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 841 (effective 7/1/20)
- 04/07/20 Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0841)