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2020 SESSION
SB 946 Medical assistance services; state plan to include doulas.
Introduced by: Mamie E. Locke | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
State plan for medical assistance; doulas. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for the payment of medical assistance for antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum services provided to a pregnant person by a doula, including services for labor and delivery support and at least four visits during the antenatal period and seven visits during the postpartum period. The bill also directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to conduct a rate study to determine appropriate reimbursement rates for doula services provided to Medicaid recipients and to report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2020.
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HISTORY
- 01/13/20 Senate: Presented and ordered printed 20105398D
- 01/13/20 Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
- 01/24/20 Senate: Assigned Education sub: Health
- 01/30/20 Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/20 Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/04/20 Senate: Continued to 2021 in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)