CHAPTER 280

SB 337-FN - FINAL VERSION

02/08/2024   0402s

2May2024... 1427h

23May2024... 2102h

2024 SESSION

24-2820

05/06

SENATE BILL 337-FN

AN ACT relative to doula and lactation service provider certification.

SPONSORS: Sen. Whitley, Dist 15; Sen. Watters, Dist 4; Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21; Sen. Altschiller, Dist 24; Sen. Soucy, Dist 18; Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13; Sen. Ricciardi, Dist 9; Sen. Fenton, Dist 10; Sen. Chandley, Dist 11; Sen. Prentiss, Dist 5; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Rep. M. Murray, Hills. 37; Rep. Simpson, Rock. 33

COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration

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ANALYSIS

This bill directs the office of professional licensure and certification to establish a voluntary certification process for doula and lactation service providers.

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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.

Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]

Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.

02/08/2024   0402s

2May2024... 1427h

23May2024... 2102h 24-2820

05/06

STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE

In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four

AN ACT relative to doula and lactation service provider certification.

Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:

280:1 New Subdivision; Medicaid Reimbursement-Eligible Doulas and Lactation Service Providers. Amend RSA 310-A by inserting after section 221 the following new subdivision:

Medicaid Reimbursement-Eligible Doulas and Lactation Service Providers

310-A:222 Doula and Lactation Service Provider Certification.

I.  For the purposes of Medicaid reimbursement, the office of professional licensure and certification shall establish, pursuant to RSA 310:6, a voluntary doula certification process and a voluntary lactation service certification process.  Coverage levels of such services are separately subject to Medicaid rules and regulations and shall not supplant federal funds.

II. The office of professional licensure and certification shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A relative to the authority set out in paragraph I.  

III.  The office shall make every effort to include culturally and geographically diverse community members and providers when developing and implementing the doula and lactation service provider certification process pursuant to this section.

IV. Nothing in this section shall prevent a person certified by this state pursuant to any other provision of law from performing the occupation for which he or she is certified.

280:2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect on July 1, 2024.

Approved: July 26, 2024

Effective Date: July 01, 2024