104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB2423 Introduced , by Rep. Yolonda Morris SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 305 ILCS 5/5-18.6 new305 ILCS 5/5-18.7 new Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires hospitals and birthing centers to adopt and maintain written policies and procedures authorizing a patient enrolled in the medical assistance program to select an Illinois Medicaid certified and enrolled doula of the patient's choice to accompany the patient within the facility's premises for the purposes of providing support before, during, and after labor and childbirth, and during the patient's entire postpartum stay. Provides that the doula shall be considered part of the patient's care team and shall not be counted as a support person or against any guest quota. Requires hospitals and birthing centers to provide a written copy of their policies and procedures to maternity patients, the facilities' maternity health care providers, and any other person at the patient's request. Requires publication of the written policies on each facility's website. Contains provisions concerning hospital and birthing center liaisons and doulas certification acknowledgment requirements. Permits the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Public Health to establish standing recommendations to meet Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requirements and ensure access to preventive services, including Medicaid-covered maternal and reproductive health supports and services. LRB104 11310 KTG 21396 b A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB2423 Introduced , by Rep. Yolonda Morris SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 305 ILCS 5/5-18.6 new305 ILCS 5/5-18.7 new 305 ILCS 5/5-18.6 new 305 ILCS 5/5-18.7 new Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires hospitals and birthing centers to adopt and maintain written policies and procedures authorizing a patient enrolled in the medical assistance program to select an Illinois Medicaid certified and enrolled doula of the patient's choice to accompany the patient within the facility's premises for the purposes of providing support before, during, and after labor and childbirth, and during the patient's entire postpartum stay. Provides that the doula shall be considered part of the patient's care team and shall not be counted as a support person or against any guest quota. Requires hospitals and birthing centers to provide a written copy of their policies and procedures to maternity patients, the facilities' maternity health care providers, and any other person at the patient's request. Requires publication of the written policies on each facility's website. Contains provisions concerning hospital and birthing center liaisons and doulas certification acknowledgment requirements. Permits the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Public Health to establish standing recommendations to meet Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requirements and ensure access to preventive services, including Medicaid-covered maternal and reproductive health supports and services. LRB104 11310 KTG 21396 b LRB104 11310 KTG 21396 b A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB2423 Introduced , by Rep. Yolonda Morris SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/5-18.6 new305 ILCS 5/5-18.7 new 305 ILCS 5/5-18.6 new 305 ILCS 5/5-18.7 new
305 ILCS 5/5-18.6 new
305 ILCS 5/5-18.7 new
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires hospitals and birthing centers to adopt and maintain written policies and procedures authorizing a patient enrolled in the medical assistance program to select an Illinois Medicaid certified and enrolled doula of the patient's choice to accompany the patient within the facility's premises for the purposes of providing support before, during, and after labor and childbirth, and during the patient's entire postpartum stay. Provides that the doula shall be considered part of the patient's care team and shall not be counted as a support person or against any guest quota. Requires hospitals and birthing centers to provide a written copy of their policies and procedures to maternity patients, the facilities' maternity health care providers, and any other person at the patient's request. Requires publication of the written policies on each facility's website. Contains provisions concerning hospital and birthing center liaisons and doulas certification acknowledgment requirements. Permits the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Public Health to establish standing recommendations to meet Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requirements and ensure access to preventive services, including Medicaid-covered maternal and reproductive health supports and services.
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1 AN ACT concerning public aid.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5 adding Sections 5-18.6 and 5-18.7 as follows:
6 (305 ILCS 5/5-18.6 new)
7 Sec. 5-18.6. Doula policies; hospitals and birthing
8 centers.
9 (a) Each hospital and birthing center shall adopt and
10 maintain written policies and procedures authorizing a patient
11 enrolled in the medical assistance program to select an
12 Illinois Medicaid certified and enrolled doula of the
13 patient's choice to accompany the patient within the
14 facility's premises for the purposes of providing support
15 before, during, and after labor and childbirth, and during the
16 patient's entire postpartum stay.
17 (1) The doula shall be considered part of the
18 patient's care team and essential to patient care.
19 (2) The doula shall not be counted as a support person
20 or against the guest quota before, during, or after
21 childbirth.
22 (b) Each hospital and birthing center shall provide a
23 written copy of the policies and procedures adopted in
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB2423 Introduced , by Rep. Yolonda Morris SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/5-18.6 new305 ILCS 5/5-18.7 new 305 ILCS 5/5-18.6 new 305 ILCS 5/5-18.7 new
305 ILCS 5/5-18.6 new
305 ILCS 5/5-18.7 new
Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires hospitals and birthing centers to adopt and maintain written policies and procedures authorizing a patient enrolled in the medical assistance program to select an Illinois Medicaid certified and enrolled doula of the patient's choice to accompany the patient within the facility's premises for the purposes of providing support before, during, and after labor and childbirth, and during the patient's entire postpartum stay. Provides that the doula shall be considered part of the patient's care team and shall not be counted as a support person or against any guest quota. Requires hospitals and birthing centers to provide a written copy of their policies and procedures to maternity patients, the facilities' maternity health care providers, and any other person at the patient's request. Requires publication of the written policies on each facility's website. Contains provisions concerning hospital and birthing center liaisons and doulas certification acknowledgment requirements. Permits the Department of Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Public Health to establish standing recommendations to meet Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services requirements and ensure access to preventive services, including Medicaid-covered maternal and reproductive health supports and services.
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1 accordance with subsection (a) to:
2 (1) each health care provider providing maternity
3 services at the facility;
4 (2) each patient receiving maternity services at the
5 facility; and
6 (3) any other person, at the request of the patient.
7 (c) Each hospital and birthing center shall post a summary
8 of the facility's policies and procedures adopted in
9 accordance with subsection (a) on the facility's website.
10 (d) Each hospital and birthing center shall designate a
11 staff member to serve as a liaison between the facility and
12 Illinois Medicaid enrolled doulas and doula organizations in
13 order to provide and communicate information concerning the
14 facility's policies and procedures adopted in accordance with
15 subsection (a).
16 (e) At the request of the hospital or birthing facility,
17 Illinois Medicaid enrolled doulas must provide written
18 acknowledgment of Illinois Medicaid doula certification and
19 enrollment in the medical assistance program.
20 (305 ILCS 5/5-18.7 new)
21 Sec. 5-18.7. Standing recommendations. The Department of
22 Healthcare and Family Services and the Department of Public
23 Health may establish standing recommendations to meet Centers
24 for Medicare and Medicaid Services requirements and ensure
25 access to preventive services, including Medicaid-covered
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