2020 Senate Bill 965

Let Medicaid pay for “doulas”

Introduced in the Senate

June 10, 2020

Introduced by Sen. Erika Geiss (D-6)

To include “doula” services among the things that Medicaid and other state social welfare medical programs can pay for. The bill defines this as “a professional trained in childbirth who provides continuous physical, emotional, and informational support to an expectant mother”.

Referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Human Services

In the House

July 22, 2020

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (H-3) be adopted and that the bill then pass.