SB118
Health insurance; coverage for doula care services.
Summary
As Passed Both Chambers. Health insurance; coverage for doula care services.
Requires health insurers, corporations providing health care subscription contracts, and health maintenance organizations whose policy, contract, or plan includes coverage for obstetrical services to provide coverage for doula care services provided by a state-certified doula. The bill requires such coverage to include coverage for at least eight visits during the ... (More) antepartum or postpartum period and support during labor and delivery. The bill provides that health insurance carriers are (i) not required to pay for duplicate services actually rendered by both a state-certified doula and another health care provider and (ii) prohibited from requiring supervision, signature, or referral by any other health care provider as a condition of reimbursement for doula care services, except when those requirements are also applicable to other categories of health care providers. Such provisions of the bill are subject to a reenactment clause. The bill also requires the Health Insurance Reform Commission to consider coverage for doula care services in its review of the essential health benefits benchmark plan and to include such coverage in its recommendation to the General Assembly unless a compelling reason for excluding such coverage is identified. This bill is identical to HB 935.(Less)
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Bill History
- 01/04/2024 - Senate: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24103178D
- 01/04/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor
- 02/01/2024 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB118)
- 02/05/2024 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/05/2024 - Senate: Reported from Commerce and Labor with substitute (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/05/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 24106407D-S1
- 02/05/2024 - Senate: Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
- 02/08/2024 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB118S1)
- 02/08/2024 - Senate: Reported from Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
- 02/09/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/2024 - Senate: Read second time
- 02/12/2024 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/12/2024 - Senate: Committee substitute agreed to 24106407D-S1
- 02/12/2024 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute SB118S1
- 02/12/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/12/2024 - Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/15/2024 - House: Placed on Calendar
- 02/15/2024 - House: Read first time
- 02/15/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 02/20/2024 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce (22-Y 0-N)
- 02/22/2024 - House: Read second time
- 02/23/2024 - House: Read third time
- 02/23/2024 - House: Passed House (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/23/2024 - House: VOTE: Passage (96-Y 0-N)
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Enrolled
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB118ER)
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Impact statement from DPB (SB118ER)
- 02/28/2024 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/02/2024 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/11/2024 - Senate: Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 11, 2024
- 03/11/2024 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 04/04/2024 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 495 (effective - see bill)
- 04/04/2024 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0495)
