2025 bills / S.B. 284
S.B. 284 Medicaid Doula Services (2025)
- Introduced
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- House committee
- House vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
AI summary from the official description
This bill requires the state Department of Health and Human Services to seek federal approval to add doula services to Medicaid coverage, developing the request with input from stakeholders. It also requires the department to set training and registration requirements for doulas who serve Medicaid enrollees.
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Official description
- defines terms
- requires the Department of Health and Human Services (department) to apply for a Medicaid state plan amendment authorizing coverage of doula services
- requires the department to develop the state plan amendment in consultation with certain stakeholders
- requires the department to establish training and registration requirements for doulas providing services to Medicaid program enrollees
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What members get
- An alert the day S.B. 284 is put on a committee agenda, with time and room, so you can be there to speak
- When S.B. 284 is rewritten, exactly which words changed
- Its hearings in your own calendar
- Your own scorecard: pick the side you favor and see how every legislator voted
Every vote
- 4 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Health and Human Services Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 20, 2025Who voted how
- 22 yes, 0 no, 7 absentFirst of two Senate votes · Feb 24, 2025Who voted how
- 25 yes, 0 no, 4 absentFinal Senate vote · Feb 25, 2025Who voted how
- 55 yes, 16 no, 4 absentFinal House vote · Mar 5, 2025Who voted how