Virginia Senate Bill 946 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-12-04 - Left in Finance and Appropriations
Pending: Senate Finance and Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

State plan for medical assistance; doulas. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for the payment of medical assistance for antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum services provided to a pregnant person by a doula, including services for labor and delivery support and at least four visits during the antenatal period and seven visits during the postpartum period. The bill also directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to conduct a rate study to determine appropriate reimbursement rates for doula services provided to Medicaid recipients and to report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2020. State plan for medical assistance; doulas. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for the payment of medical assistance for antepartum, intrapartum, and postpartum services provided to a pregnant person by a doula, including services for labor and delivery support and at least four visits during the antenatal period and seven visits during the postpartum period. The bill also directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to conduct a rate study to determine appropriate reimbursement rates for doula services provided to Medicaid recipients and to report its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2020.

Medical assistance services; state plan to include doulas.

Sen. Mamie Locke [D]

Sen. Jennifer McClellan [D]

2020-02-04 - Senate - Senate: Continued to 2021 in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2020-01-30 - Senate - Senate: Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) (Y: 15 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-12-04	Senate	Left in Finance and Appropriations
2020-02-04	Senate	Continued to 2021 in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)
2020-01-30	Senate	Rereferred to Finance and Appropriations
2020-01-30	Senate	Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N)
2020-01-24	Senate	Assigned Education sub: Health
2020-01-13	Senate	Referred to Committee on Education and Health
2020-01-13	Senate	Presented and ordered printed 20105398D

SB946 (Carry Over) 2020-02-04 - Continued to 2021 in Finance and Appropriations (15-Y 0-N)

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
32	1	325	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+sum+SB946
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+ful+SB946+hil
Supplement	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+oth+SB946F122+PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S04C0111+SB0946
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?211+vot+S05C0124+SB0946