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Committee advances postpartum doula certification bill after waiving state fee and removing mandated coverage
Summary
The House Health Committee advanced House Bill 14-64 as amended to create postpartum doula certification, waive an additional state certification fee, require data collection and remove a mandate to require coverage; the final committee vote was 13-0.
The House Health Committee voted 13-0 to advance House Bill 14-64 as amended to create a postpartum doula certification and direct data collection on utilization, while removing a provision that would have mandated coverage.
Representative Dobrevitch, who led discussion on the bill, said the intent was to assure doula services are available to families using Medicaid without imposing a mandate on private insurers. "The intention was to assure that it was available to any family utilizing Medicaid services. But it is not optional, they're not forced to, and there's no intention…
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