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Senate advances bill to require Medicaid reimbursement for doulas, orders third reading
Summary
Senate discussion of S109 centered on requiring Vermont Medicaid to reimburse qualified doulas, directing an Office of Professional Regulation (OPR) Sunrise review and asking DVHA for a cost methodology; the Appropriations Committee struck an immediate appropriation and the chamber ordered a third reading.
Senator from Chittenden Central presented S 109 on the Senate floor as a bill that would require Vermont Medicaid to reimburse qualified doulas for doula services, citing research the sponsor said shows doulas reduce cesarean rates and postpartum depression.
The sponsor told colleagues there are "about 70 to a 100 doulas statewide" and described a draft statutory change in which Section 1 would amend "33 BSA 19 1" to require Medicaid coverage for doula services and Section 2 would define a "qualified doula" as someone registered, certified or licensed with…
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