---
type: "Bill"
title: "An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, providing for medical assistance coverage for doula services; and, in fraud and abuse control, further providing for third"
description: "An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, providing for medical assistance coverage for doula services; and, in fraud and abuse control, further providing for third"
jurisdiction: "us/states/pa"
legislature: "Pennsylvania General Assembly"
session: "2023-2024"
identifier: "HB 1608"
citation: "Pennsylvania HB 1608 (2023-2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Morgan Cephas"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 12
first_action: "2023-08-07T04:00:00+00:00"
last_action: "2024-10-29T04:00:00+00:00"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/182bec17-ea27-4c32-bf85-a22c9c6d6a03"
source_url: "https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=55&rollcallid=1610&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0"
source_hash: "115f1aa2ee26576a42d77cf38a120942184d51a47062aea52875fb16196e6dbe"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-pa"]
---

# Pennsylvania HB 1608 (2023-2024) — An Act amending the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L.31, No.21), known as the Human Services Code, in public assistance, providing for medical assistance coverage for doula services; and, in fraud and abuse control, further providing for third

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **House Amendment A04048** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A04048)
2. **House Amendment A04259** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A04259)
3. **Printer's No. PN1888** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB1608/PN1888)
4. **Printer's No. PN2972** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB1608/PN2972)
5. **Printer's No. PN3038** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB1608/PN3038)
6. **Printer's No. PN3740** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/bills/text/PDF/2023/0/HB1608/PN3740)
7. **Senate Amendment A05949** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.palegis.us/legislation/amendments/text/2023/0/A05949)

## Votes

- Committee vote (Health): Report Bill As Amended — **14–11** (pass) · lower
- FINAL PASSAGE — **201–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Rules): Re-report Bill As Committed — **33–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Health & Human Services): Reported as Committed — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- FINAL PASSAGE — **49–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- CONCURRENCE — **201–1** (pass) · lower
- A4259 — **116–85** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Re-Reported as Amended — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-report Bill As Committed — **37–0** (pass) · lower
- Committee vote (Rules & Executive Nominations): Adopt Amendment — **17–0** (pass) · upper
- Committee vote (Health): Adopt Amendment — **14–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Morgan Cephas — primary (person)
- Abigail Salisbury — cosponsor (person)
- Benjamin Sanchez — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Hill-Evans — cosponsor (person)
- Carol Kazeem — cosponsor (person)
- Chris Pielli — cosponsor (person)
- Christopher Rabb — cosponsor (person)
- Dan Williams — cosponsor (person)
- Danielle Friel Otten — cosponsor (person)
- Darisha K. Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Dave Madsen — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Bullock — cosponsor (person)
- Elizabeth Fiedler — cosponsor (person)
- Emily Kinkead — cosponsor (person)
- G. Roni Green — cosponsor (person)
- Gina Curry — cosponsor (person)
- Heather Boyd — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer O'Mara — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Webster — cosponsor (person)
- Joseph Hohenstein — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Fleming — cosponsor (person)
- Keith Harris — cosponsor (person)
- La'Tasha Mayes — cosponsor (person)
- Lindsay Powell — cosponsor (person)
- Liz Hanbidge — cosponsor (person)
- Marylouise Isaacson — cosponsor (person)
- Maureen Madden — cosponsor (person)
- Melissa Shusterman — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Schlossberg — cosponsor (person)
- Nancy Guenst — cosponsor (person)
- Patty Kim — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Krajewski — cosponsor (person)
- Tarik Khan — cosponsor (person)
- Tina Davis — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-08-07T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Health `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-04-17T04:00:00+00:00** Laid on the table
- **2024-04-30T04:00:00+00:00** Removed from table
- **2024-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration, with amendments `reading-2`
- **2024-05-01T04:00:00+00:00** Re-committed to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-05-06T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-05-17T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Health & Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** Reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-01T04:00:00+00:00** First consideration `reading-1`
- **2024-10-07T04:00:00+00:00** Second consideration `reading-2`
- **2024-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Rules & Executive Nominations `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-08T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as amended `amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-referred to Appropriations `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Third consideration and final passage `passage, reading-3`
- **2024-10-09T04:00:00+00:00** Referred to Rules `referral-committee`
- **2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** Re-reported on concurrence, as committed `committee-passage`
- **2024-10-21T04:00:00+00:00** House concurred in Senate amendments
- **2024-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in House
- **2024-10-22T04:00:00+00:00** Signed in Senate
- **2024-10-23T04:00:00+00:00** Presented to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2024-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Approved by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2024-10-29T04:00:00+00:00** Act No. 115 of 2024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/182bec17-ea27-4c32-bf85-a22c9c6d6a03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).