Bill Text: NY S01867 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: 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.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-06-05 - SUBSTITUTED BY A5435A [S01867 Detail]
Download: New_York-2023-S01867-Amended.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 1867--A Cal. No. 248 2023-2024 Regular Sessions IN SENATE January 17, 2023 ___________ Introduced by Sens. BROUK, ASHBY, CLEARE, KENNEDY, RAMOS, RYAN, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Health -- reported favorably from said committee, ordered to first and second report, ordered to a third reading, passed by Senate and delivered to the Assembly, recalled, vote reconsidered, restored to third reading, amended and ordered reprinted, retaining its place in the order of third reading 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: 1 Section 1. Legislative findings and declarations. The legislature 2 hereby finds and declares that poor maternal and infant health outcomes 3 and disparities are a public health crisis that pose a threat to the 4 health, welfare, and quality of life of child bearing people, infants 5 and their families. The legislature acknowledges the imbalances of how 6 doula care is treated in different communities. Between the rising costs 7 of reproductive care, the absence of a federal doula Medicaid framework, 8 and the existing barriers to equitable prenatal, intranatal, and post- 9 partum care services, the legislature hereby finds the importance in 10 establishing a community doula directory to increase access to care. 11 Having doula services in an accessible and centralized location that is 12 open to the public without an economic barrier, will help connect birth- 13 ing persons with the doula care services they need. 14 § 2. Article 25 of the public health law is amended by adding a new 15 title 6-A to read as follows: 16 TITLE VI-A 17 DOULAS FOR MEDICAID 18 Section 2594-a. Definitions. 19 2594-b. New York state community doula directory. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD04573-03-3S. 1867--A 2 1 2594-c. Criteria for admittance into the New York state communi- 2 ty doula directory. 3 § 2594-a. Definitions. 1. For the purposes of this title, "doula" 4 means a trained person who provides continuous physical, emotional, and 5 informational support to a pregnant person and the family of such preg- 6 nant person before, during or a reasonable time after childbirth. 7 2. A doula may provide services in hospitals, birthing centers, at 8 home deliveries and other community settings. 9 § 2594-b. New York state community doula directory. 1. The department 10 shall establish and maintain a community doula directory for doulas on 11 the department's internet website for the purposes of Medicaid 12 reimbursement and promoting doula services to Medicaid recipients. 13 2. The directory shall include the following information concerning 14 doulas such as: 15 (a) the name of the doula who provides doula services; 16 (b) the address and location of where the doula provides doula 17 services; 18 (c) the name of each Medicaid provider that employs or contracts with 19 a doula to provide doula services to eligible Medicaid recipients; 20 (d) the doula's national provider identification number, if applica- 21 ble; and 22 (e) all documentation of criteria pursuant to section twenty-five 23 hundred ninety-four-c of this title. 24 3. The department shall determine the method of registration and the 25 documentation required to verify such criteria has been met. 26 4. Each doula shall be responsible for completing the requirements 27 pursuant to section twenty-five hundred ninety-four-c of this title. 28 5. The department shall not impose any fee on any doula to register 29 for admittance into the New York state community doula directory. 30 6. The community doula directory shall be publicly accessible at no 31 cost to the doula or birthing person looking to hire a doula in their 32 community. 33 § 2594-c. Criteria for admittance into the New York state community 34 doula directory. 1. Each doula seeking Medicaid reimbursement shall 35 apply to be registered in the New York state community doula directory. 36 2. A doula shall submit to the department a certified copy of such 37 doula's certification from a doula educational organization or by demon- 38 stration of satisfactory proficiency pursuant to this section, and his, 39 her, or their full name, address, phone number, email address, and if 40 applicable, their national provider identification number. 41 § 3. This act shall take effect nine months after it shall have become 42 a law.
