Existing law requires the Department of Health and Human Services to develop and administer the State Plan for Medicaid, which must include specific medical services required to be provided to recipients of Medicaid. (NRS 422.063, 422.270) Existing law requires: (1) the Director of the Department to include in the State Plan a requirement that the State pay the nonfederal share of expenditures for certain medical services; and (2) the Department to apply to the United States Department of Health and Human Services for a waiver of certain provisions of federal law or an amendment of the State Plan to authorize the receipt of federal funding to provide certain medical services to recipients of Medicaid. (NRS 422.270-422.27495) Section 1 of this bill requires the Director to include in the State Plan a requirement that the State pay certain costs for doula services provided to Medicaid recipients. Section 1 also requires the Department to apply for a waiver of federal Medicaid requirements or request to amend the State Plan to receive federal funding to provide coverage of doula services. Finally, section 1 requires a doula who desires to provide doula services for a recipient of Medicaid to enroll with the Division of Health Care Financing and Policy of the Department. Section 4 of this bill makes a conforming change by including the duties listed in section 1 among the duties the Director of the Department is required to fulfill. Existing law requires certain persons in their professional or occupational capacity to report the suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation, isolation or abandonment of older or vulnerable persons or the suspected abuse or neglect of a child. (NRS 200.5093, 432B.220) Sections 2 and 3 of this bill expand these reporting requirements to an enrolled doula.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 432B.220, 200.5093, 232.320
Reprint 1: 432B.220, 200.5093, 232.320
As Enrolled: 432B.220, 200.5093, 232.320