republic-os/legislation/us/states/pa/2023-2024/hb-1608.md

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Bill	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	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	us/states/pa	Pennsylvania General Assembly	2023-2024	HB 1608	Pennsylvania HB 1608 (2023-2024)	bill		enacted	Morgan Cephas	7	26	12	2023-08-07T04:00:00+00:00	2024-10-29T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/182bec17-ea27-4c32-bf85-a22c9c6d6a03	https://www.palegis.us/house/committees/roll-call-votes/vote-list/vote-summary?committeecode=55&rollcallid=1610&sessYr=2023&sessInd=0	115f1aa2ee26576a42d77cf38a120942184d51a47062aea52875fb16196e6dbe	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. House Amendment A04259 (committee substitute) — source
3. Printer's No. PN1888 (committee substitute) — source
4. Printer's No. PN2972 (committee substitute) — source
5. Printer's No. PN3038 (committee substitute) — source
6. Printer's No. PN3740 (committee substitute) — source
7. Senate Amendment A05949 (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/182bec17-ea27-4c32-bf85-a22c9c6d6a03. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Pennsylvania legislature records).