Bill Text: NY S08080 | 2023-2024 | General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Directs the state department of social services to establish and maintain a community doula directory for doulas for the purposes of Medicaid reimbursement and promoting doula services to Medicaid recipients.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2024-01-26 - SIGNED CHAP.18 [S08080 Detail]

Download: New_York-2023-S08080-Introduced.html

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                STATE OF NEW YORK
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                                          8080

                    IN SENATE

                                     January 5, 2024
                                       ___________

        Introduced  by  Sen.  BROUK  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
          printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules

        AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation  to  the  New  York
          state  community  doula directory; and to repeal certain provisions of
          the public health law relating thereto

          The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and  Assem-
        bly, do enact as follows:

     1    Section  1. Title 6-A of article 25 of the public health law, as added
     2  by a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the public health law relating
     3  to establishing the New York state community doula directory for  doulas
     4  serving  Medicaid  patients, as proposed in legislative bills numbers S.
     5  1867-A and A. 5435-A, is REPEALED.
     6    § 2. The social services law is amended by adding a new section  365-p
     7  to read as follows:
     8    §  365-p. Doulas for Medicaid. 1. Definitions. (a) For the purposes of
     9  this section, "doula" means a trained  person  who  provides  continuous
    10  physical,  emotional, and informational support to a pregnant person and
    11  the family of such pregnant person during or  a  reasonable  time  after
    12  pregnancy.
    13    (b)  A  doula  may provide services in hospitals, birthing centers, at
    14  home deliveries and other community settings.
    15    2. New York state community doula directory. (a) The department  shall
    16  establish  and  maintain  a  community doula directory for doulas on the
    17  department's internet website for the purposes of Medicaid reimbursement
    18  and promoting doula services to Medicaid recipients.
    19    (b) The directory shall include the following  information  concerning
    20  doulas such as:
    21    (i) the name of the doula who provides doula services;
    22    (ii)  the  address  and  location  of  where  the doula provides doula
    23  services;
    24    (iii) the name of each Medicaid provider  that  employs  or  contracts
    25  with a doula to provide doula services to eligible Medicaid recipients;
    26    (iv)  the doula's national provider identification number, if applica-
    27  ble; and

         EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                              [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                                   LBD04573-04-4
        S. 8080                             2

     1    (v) all documentation of criteria pursuant  to  subdivision  three  of
     2  this section.
     3    (c)  The department shall determine the method of registration and the
     4  documentation required to verify such criteria has been met.
     5    (d) Each doula shall be responsible for  completing  the  requirements
     6  pursuant to subdivision three of this section.
     7    (e)  The  department shall not impose any fee on any doula to register
     8  for admittance into the New York state community doula directory.
     9    (f) The community doula directory shall be publicly accessible  at  no
    10  cost  to  the  doula or birthing person looking to hire a doula in their
    11  community.
    12    3. Criteria for admittance into the New  York  state  community  doula
    13  directory.  (a) Each doula seeking Medicaid reimbursement shall apply to
    14  be registered in the New York state community doula directory.
    15    (b) A doula shall submit to the department a certified  copy  of  such
    16  doula's certification from a doula educational organization or by demon-
    17  stration  of  satisfactory proficiency pursuant to this subdivision, and
    18  his, her, or their full name, address, phone number, email address,  and
    19  if applicable, their national provider identification number.
    20    §  3.  This  act  shall  take  effect on the same date and in the same
    21  manner as a chapter of the laws of 2023 amending the public  health  law
    22  relating  to  establishing  the New York state community doula directory
    23  for doulas serving Medicaid patients, as proposed in  legislative  bills
    24  numbers S.  1867-A and A. 5435-A, takes effect.