senate Bill S1867

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Establishes the New York state community doula directory for doulas serving Medicaid patients

download bill text pdf

Sponsored By

Current Bill Status - Passed Senate


  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor Calendar
    • Passed Senate
    • Passed Assembly
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed/Vetoed by Governor

Your Voice

do you support this bill?

Please enter your contact information

Home address is used to determine the senate district in which you reside. Your support or opposition to this bill is then shared immediately with the senator who represents you.

Optional services from the NY State Senate:

Create an account. An account allows you to officially support or oppose key legislation, sign petitions with a single click, and follow issues, committees, and bills that matter to you. When you create an account, you agree to this platform's terms of participation.

Include a custom message for your Senator? (Optional)

Enter a message to your senator. Many New Yorkers use this to share the reasoning behind their support or opposition to the bill. Others might share a personal anecdote about how the bill would affect them or people they care about.

Actions

view actions (7)
Assembly Actions - Lowercase
Senate Actions - UPPERCASE
Mar 01, 2023 referred to health
delivered to assembly
passed senate
Feb 06, 2023 advanced to third reading
Feb 01, 2023 2nd report cal.
Jan 31, 2023 1st report cal.248
Jan 17, 2023 referred to health

Co-Sponsors

view additional co-sponsors

S1867 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A5435
Current Committee:
Assembly Health
Law Section:
Public Health Law
Laws Affected:
Add Art 25 Title 6-A §§2594-a - 2594-c, Pub Health L
Versions Introduced in 2021-2022 Legislative Session:
S8968, A10333

S1867 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires the department of health to establish and maintain the New York state community doula directory for doulas on such department's website for the purposes of Medicaid reimbursement and promoting doula services to Medicaid recipients; establishes criteria for admittance into the New York state community doula directory; makes related provisions.

S1867 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

S1867 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   1867
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  BROUK,  CLEARE,  KENNEDY, RAMOS -- read twice and
   ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee  on
   Health
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the public health law, in relation to establishing the
   New York state community doula directory for doulas  serving  Medicaid
   patients

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Legislative  findings  and  declarations. The legislature
 hereby finds and declares that poor maternal and infant health  outcomes
 and  disparities  are  a  public health crisis that pose a threat to the
 health, welfare, and quality of life of child  bearing  people,  infants
 and  their  families. The legislature acknowledges the imbalances of how
 doula care is treated in different communities. Between the rising costs
 of reproductive care, the absence of a federal doula Medicaid framework,
 and the existing barriers to equitable prenatal, intranatal,  and  post-
 partum  care  services,  the  legislature hereby finds the importance in
 establishing a community doula directory to  increase  access  to  care.
 Having  doula services in an accessible and centralized location that is
 open to the public without an economic barrier, will help connect birth-
 ing persons with the doula care services they need.
   § 2. Article 25 of the public health law is amended by  adding  a  new
 title 6-A to read as follows:
 
                                TITLE VI-A
                            DOULAS FOR MEDICAID
 
 SECTION 2594-A. DEFINITIONS.
         2594-B. NEW YORK STATE COMMUNITY DOULA DIRECTORY.
         2594-C. CRITERIA FOR ADMITTANCE INTO THE NEW YORK STATE COMMUNI-
                   TY DOULA DIRECTORY.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04573-01-3

Comments

Open Legislation is a forum for New York State legislation. All comments are subject to review and community moderation is encouraged.

Comments deemed off-topic, commercial, campaign-related, self-promotional; or that contain profanity, hate or toxic speech; or that link to sites outside of the nysenate.gov domain are not permitted, and will not be published. Attempts to intimidate and silence contributors or deliberately deceive the public, including excessive or extraneous posting/posts, or coordinated activity, are prohibited and may result in the temporary or permanent banning of the user. Comment moderation is generally performed Monday through Friday. By contributing or voting you agree to the Terms of Participation and verify you are over 13.