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Mar 10, 2023 | referred to health |
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Fred Thiele
MaryJane Shimsky
Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas
Brian Cunningham
A5465 (ACTIVE) - Details
A5465 (ACTIVE) - Summary
Establishes a 14 member doula Medicaid reimbursement work group within the department of health to set reimbursement rates for doulas in the state Medicaid program and address other criteria related to their practice; requires the work group to conduct a study and evaluate the costs, benefits and issues that may be associated with Medicaid reimbursement for doulas and for providing doula care to Medicaid recipients; makes related provisions.
A5465 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5465 2023-2024 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y March 10, 2023 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. SOLAGES -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Health AN ACT to establish a work group to set reimbursement rates for doulas in the state Medicaid program and address other criteria related to their practice THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The legislature acknowledges the excluded history that healthcare workers and doulas have as members of historically excluded communities, and acknowledges the exclusionary forces these professions have had in gaining the recognition, certification, and equitable compensation for the critical work they do in pregnancy, maternal health, maternal mental health, and childcare. The legislature declares that it is the purpose of this work group to examine and recommend the best practices for integrating doulas into New York state's Medicaid healthcare system and ensuring the state is prepared and ready to elevate the critical work doulas perform across historically excluded communities across the state of New York. § 2. There is hereby established in the department of health, the doula Medicaid reimbursement work group, hereinafter referred to as the "work group." The majority of the members of the work group shall be composed of doulas, as well as multi-disciplinary experts in the field of doula services and maternal health who serve and are representative of the racial, ethnic, geographic and socioeconomic diversity of birth- ing people in communities across the state served by the state's Medi- caid program. § 3. The work group shall be composed of fourteen members, which shall include eight members to be appointed by the governor as follows: a. the commissioner of the department of health or his, her, or their designee; EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04570-01-3 A. 5465 2