Assembly Bill A5958

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Includes doulas as medical services providers for Medicaid recipients

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-A5958 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S1190
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Social Services Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §364-j, Soc Serv L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2017-2018: A10504
2019-2020: A4408, S5656
2021-2022: A5247, S362

2023-A5958 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Includes doulas as medical services providers for Medicaid recipients; directs the commissioner of health to submit an application for amendments and waivers to add doulas to such coverage pursuant to section 363-e of the social services law; directs the commissioner of health and the commissioner of the office of children and family services to add, amend and/or repeal any rule or regulation necessary.

2023-A5958 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5958
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                              March 24, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. SOLAGES, THIELE -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Health
 
 AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to including doulas
   as medical services providers for Medicaid recipients;  directing  the
   commissioner  of  health  to  submit an application for amendments and
   waivers to add doulas to state Medicaid coverage;  and  directing  the
   commissioner  of health and the commissioner of the office of children
   and family services to add, amend and/or repeal any rule or regulation
   necessary for the implementation of this act
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph  (d)  of  subdivision 1 of section 364-j of the
 social services law, as amended by chapter 653 of the laws of  1997,  is
 amended to read as follows:
   (d) "Medical services provider". A physician, nurse, nurse practition-
 er,  physician  assistant, licensed midwife, DOULA, dentist, optometrist
 or other licensed health care practitioner authorized to provide medical
 assistance services.
   § 2. The commissioner of health is directed to apply  for  such  state
 Medicaid plan amendments or waivers as may be necessary to implement the
 provisions of this act and include doula care as a covered service under
 the  state  Medicaid plan, and to secure federal financial participation
 for state Medicaid expenditures for doula care under the  federal  Medi-
 caid program.
   § 3. The New York state Medicaid doula services pilot program shall be
 extended  beyond  Erie  county  and  be made accessible statewide. Local
 localities shall be given the option to opt-in or out based on a locali-
 ty's exact need for the doula pilot program. The  department  of  health
 shall conduct a yearly study of such program to examine its efficacy and
 provide  a  report  with the study's findings to the governor, temporary
 president of the senate, minority leader of the senate, speaker  of  the
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD02566-01-3
              

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