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Bill State plan for medical assistance; payment for services provided by certified doulas. State plan for medical assistance; perinatal birth workers. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to convene a work group to (i) evaluate the potential costs and benefits, including potential reductions in maternal and infant mortality rates, of amending the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for the payment of medical assistance for antepartum, intrapartum, or postpartum services provided to a pregnant person or to a person who is up to one year postpartum for labor and delivery support by a certified doula and at least four visits during the antenatal period and at least seven visits during the postpartum period with a certified doula and (ii) develop recommendations related to an appropriate reimbursement rate for such services provided by certified doulas. The work group shall report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by December 1, 2020. us/states/va Virginia General Assembly 2020 HB 826 Virginia HB 826 (2020)
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Virginia HB 826 (2020) — State plan for medical assistance; payment for services provided by certified doulas.

State plan for medical assistance; perinatal birth workers. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to convene a work group to (i) evaluate the potential costs and benefits, including potential reductions in maternal and infant mortality rates, of amending the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for the payment of medical assistance for antepartum, intrapartum, or postpartum services provided to a pregnant person or to a person who is up to one year postpartum for labor and delivery support by a certified doula and at least four visits during the antenatal period and at least seven visits during the postpartum period with a certified doula and (ii) develop recommendations related to an appropriate reimbursement rate for such services provided by certified doulas. The work group shall report its findings and recommendations to the Governor and the Chairmen of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations by December 1, 2020.

Version chain

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

  1. Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0841) (committee substitute) — source
  2. Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB826ER) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB826H1 (committee substitute) — source
  4. Impact statement from DPB (HB826) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N) — 210 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N) — 980 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) — 220 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N) — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) — 140 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N) — 70 (pass) · lower
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N) — 70 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Jennifer Carroll Foy — primary (person)
  • Clinton L. Jenkins — cosponsor (person)
  • Dawn M. Adams — cosponsor (person)
  • Hala S. Ayala — cosponsor (person)
  • Ibraheem S. Samirah — cosponsor (person)
  • Jennifer B. Boysko — cosponsor (person)
  • Marcus B. Simon — cosponsor (person)
  • Mark H. Levine — cosponsor (person)
  • Patrick A. Hope — cosponsor (person)
  • Sam Rasoul — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2020-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20104932D introduction
  • 2020-01-07 Referred to Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions referral-committee
  • 2020-01-17 Assigned HWI sub: Health referral-committee
  • 2020-01-28 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2020-01-28 Subcommittee recommends reporting with amendments (7-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-01-28 Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
  • 2020-01-29 Impact statement from DPB (HB826)
  • 2020-01-30 Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources referral-committee
  • 2020-01-30 Reported from Health, Welfare and Institutions with amendments (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-01-30 Referred to Committee on Appropriations referral-committee
  • 2020-02-05 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
  • 2020-02-05 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-05 Reported from Appropriations with substitute (21-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-05 Committee substitute printed 20107706D-H1 substitution
  • 2020-02-06 Read first time reading-1
  • 2020-02-07 Read second time reading-2
  • 2020-02-07 Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions amendments rejected
  • 2020-02-07 Committee on Appropriations substitute agreed to 20107706D-H1
  • 2020-02-07 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB826H1
  • 2020-02-10 Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) passage, reading-3
  • 2020-02-10 Impact statement from DPB (HB826H1)
  • 2020-02-10 VOTE: Block Vote Passage (99-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed
  • 2020-02-11 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
  • 2020-02-27 Reported from Education and Health (14-Y 0-N) committee-passage
  • 2020-02-28 Constitutional reading dispensed (37-Y 0-N)
  • 2020-03-02 Read third time reading-3
  • 2020-03-02 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
  • 2020-03-05 Enrolled
  • 2020-03-05 Impact statement from DPB (HB826ER)
  • 2020-03-06 Signed by Speaker
  • 2020-03-06 Signed by President
  • 2020-03-12 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 12, 2020
  • 2020-03-12 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 11, 2020
  • 2020-04-07 Approved by Governor-Chapter 841 (effective 7/1/20) executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/16b16304-dae0-4c6b-a1f9-29eb406354a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).