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Committee approves technical fix to doula coverage (SB 1568) and advances measure to the floor
Summary
The committee adopted a -2 technical amendment to SB 1568 to narrow doula coverage to the perinatal period, confirmed a base benefit (12 visits plus birth support) and a negotiated private insurer cap, and voted to advance the bill to the floor with a do‑pass recommendation (4‑1).
The committee opened a work session on SB 1568, described as a technical fix to the 2025 doula bill (SB 692). Dana Hepper of the Children’s Institute said the amendment restores the original, narrower definition of doulas intended in SB 692, limiting coverage to the perinatal period (prenatal, labor and delivery, and up to the first year postpartum), and clarifies that the benefit does not expand coverage for end‑of‑life or…
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