republic-os/legislation/us/states/va/2025/sb-1418.md

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Bill	Postpartum doula care; DMAS to amend state plan for medical assistance services.	Department of Medical Assistance Services; state plan for medical assistance services; postpartum doula care; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for payment for up to 10 doula visits, with up to four doula visits during pregnancy and up to six doula visits during the 12 months after the individual gives birth. The bill requires the Department to report to the Governor and General Assembly annually on the implementation and outcomes of the provision, and requires the first such report to be submitted by December 31, 2026. This bill is identical to HB 1614.	us/states/va	Virginia General Assembly	2025	SB 1418	Virginia SB 1418 (2025)	bill		enacted	Lashrecse D. Aird	6	39	8	2025-01-16	2025-05-02	openstates	ocd-bill/531e7cc0-d9d3-4982-b507-31e0350b4610	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/SB1418	0262935e08a4e1d110f895587b04a0ef310d689e2731dcc0e654c38dd01dc7ba	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-va

Virginia SB 1418 (2025) — Postpartum doula care; DMAS to amend state plan for medical assistance services.

Department of Medical Assistance Services; state plan for medical assistance services; postpartum doula care; report. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for payment for up to 10 doula visits, with up to four doula visits during pregnancy and up to six doula visits during the 12 months after the individual gives birth. The bill requires the Department to report to the Governor and General Assembly annually on the implementation and outcomes of the provision, and requires the first such report to be submitted by December 31, 2026. This bill is identical to HB 1614.

Version chain

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

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. Governor Substitute Not Adopted (committee substitute) — source
4. Governor's Recommendation (committee substitute) — source
5. Health and Human Services Substitute (committee substitute) — source
6. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) — 19–21 (fail) · upper
• Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
• Passed House with substitute (87-Y 9-N) — 87–9 (pass) · lower
• Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lashrecse D. Aird — primary (person)
• Angelia Williams Graves — cosponsor (person)
• Jennifer D. Carroll Foy — cosponsor (person)
• Mamie E. Locke — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-16 Presented and ordered printed 25104625D introduction
• 2025-01-16 Referred to Committee on Education and Health referral-committee
• 2025-01-28 Assigned Education sub: Health referral-committee
• 2025-01-30 Reported from Education and Health (15-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-01-31 Rules suspended
• 2025-01-31 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading) (39-Y 0-N)
• 2025-01-31 Passed by for the day
• 2025-02-03 Read second time and engrossed reading-2
• 2025-02-03 Rules suspended
• 2025-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 3rd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
• 2025-02-03 Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) passage
• 2025-02-06 Placed on Calendar
• 2025-02-06 Read first time reading-1
• 2025-02-06 Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services referral-committee
• 2025-02-11 Reported from Health and Human Services with substitute (22-Y 0-N) committee-passage
• 2025-02-11 Committee substitute printed 25107105D-H1 substitution
• 2025-02-12 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1418)
• 2025-02-13 Read second time reading-2
• 2025-02-14 Moved from Uncontested Calendar to Regular Calendar
• 2025-02-14 Read third time reading-3
• 2025-02-14 Health and Human Services Substitute agreed to
• 2025-02-14 Engrossed by House - committee substitute substitution
• 2025-02-14 Passed House with substitute (87-Y 9-N) passage
• 2025-02-18 House substitute agreed to by Senate (40-Y 0-N) substitution
• 2025-02-21 Enrolled enrolled
• 2025-02-21 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB1418ER) passage
• 2025-02-21 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB1418)
• 2025-02-21 Signed by Speaker passage
• 2025-02-24 Signed by President passage
• 2025-03-05 Enrolled Bill Communicated to Governor on March 5, 2025 enrolled
• 2025-03-05 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-03-24 Governor's recommendation received by Senate executive-veto-line-item
• 2025-03-24 Governor's substitute printed (SB1418S1)
• 2025-03-25 Governor's substitute printed (SB1418S1)
• 2025-04-02 Senate rejected Governor's recommendation (19-Y 21-N) veto-override-passage
• 2025-04-02 Communicated to Governor
• 2025-04-02 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., May 2, 2025 executive-receipt
• 2025-05-02 Approved by Governor-Chapter 706 (Effective 07/01/25) executive-signature
• 2025-05-02 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0706)

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/531e7cc0-d9d3-4982-b507-31e0350b4610. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).