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Committee amends and passes S.53 to create perinatal doula certification; Medicaid coverage contingent on federal waiver
Summary
The Senate Government Operations Committee amended and reported S.53 favorably; the bill establishes perinatal doula certification and directs Medicaid to cover certified services, but state officials said federal approval and funding remain unresolved.
The Senate Government Operations Committee voted to amend and then pass S.53, legislation to establish a certification program for community-based perinatal (community-based perinatal doulas) and to direct Medicaid coverage for certified services contingent on federal approval.
At the meeting, committee members considered an amendment (draft 1.1) that added a $25,000 appropriation at the request of the Office of Disability and Rehabilitation (as described in committee discussion). The committee chair called the roll for the amendment and recorded affirmative responses from Senator Hartman, Senator Demings, Senator Douglas and Senator Lyons; the amendment carried and the bill was amended.
After the amendment, the committee debated whether the bill, without an explicit Medicaid appropriation, would achieve the policy…
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