How HR 8317 changes current law

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The bill adds coverage for services provided by doulas and midwives under the Medicaid program.

• 42 U.S.C. 1396d

  and → and (31) services and care, including prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care, that is provided in a culturally congruent manner (as defined in subsection (kk)) by doulas, midwives, and tribal midwives (as those terms are defined in subsection (jj)), that is provided in the home, community, a hospital, birth center, clinic, health unit, or is furnished via telehealth to the extent authorized under State law; and

  This change adds a new category of services provided by doulas and midwives to be covered by Medicaid.

• 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)

  and (30) → (30), and (31)

  This change mandates that states include doulas' and midwives' services in their Medicaid coverage.