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### Jun 6, 2024 - Floor Vote S7779A Aye 59 Nay 2 Absent 0 Excused 1 Abstained 0 * View Floor vote details ### Floor Vote: Jun 6, 2024 ### Feb 5, 2024 - Women's Issues Committee Vote * View Women's Issues Committee vote details ### Women's Issues Committee Vote: Feb 5, 2024 ### May 20, 2024 - Rules Committee Vote * View Rules Committee vote details ### Rules Committee Vote: May 20, 2024 Current Committee: Assembly Health Law Section: Public Health Law Laws Affected:Add Art 25 Title 3-A §§2560 - 2563, Pub Health L; add §99-rr, St Fin L [](https://www.
nysenate. gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7779/amendment/A) Creates a community doula expansion grant program to support community-based doulas and community-based doula organizations; provides funding for recruitment, training, certification, supporting, and/or mentoring of community-based doulas. [](https://www.
nysenate.
gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7779/amendment/A) ## 2023-S7779 - Sponsor Memo An act to amend the public health law, in relation to the creation of a community doula expansion grant program; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to the community doula expansion grant program fund PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To establish a Community Doula Expansion Fund grant program for eligible providers to receive funding towards the training and/or certification of community-based doulas who provide culturally sensitive pregnancy and childbirth education and/or support, and/or funding for other community doula organization functions that could include but are not limited to: mentorship, peer support, professional development/continuing education, apprentice programs, data collection, as well as other related start-up costs associated with community doula organizations offering individual doulas assistance with Medicaid program enrollment and Medicaid and managed care organization (MCO) claims submission and claims denial Section 1.
States the legislative findings of this bill. Section 2. Amends Article 25 of the public health law by adding a new title 6a which provides for the set up of a Community Doula Expansion Program.
The new title 6A will contain new sections 2593, 2593a, 2593b, 2593c. Section 2593 establishes the Community Doula Expansion Program. Section 2593a provides the definitions for the new title.
Section 2593b provides the rules and regulations for the new title. Section 2593c provides the details of the report for the program. Section 3.
Amends the state finance law by adding new section 99-rr to establish a Community Doula Expansion Fund under joint custody between the state comptroller and commissioner of taxation and finance. Section 4. Establishes the effective date.
Maternal mortality has devastating impacts on communities, children, and families across New York State. Mortality as it relates to maternal health is a public health crisis, as well as a human rights crisis.
According to recent reporting (2022) from the New York State Department of Health, comparative to other states New York ranks 23rd in the nation Black women face more than five times the risk of mortality than white women in New York.
Data analysis by the New York State Department of Health indicates that up to 78% of maternal deaths in this state are preventable, and that racial discrimination plays a role in these nega- tive health outcomes.
The three most common causes of pregnancy-related deaths for women in New York are embolism, hemorrhage, and mental health A doula is a trained, non-clinical professional who provides physical, emotional, and informational support to a pregnant person before, during, and after childbirth.
Community doulas, in particular, are trained to provide culturally sensitive pregnancy and childbirth educa- tion that helps women navigate systems to connect to the services and supports they need to be healthy.
Providing better access to community doula care and support services is a proven way to address maternal morbidity and maternal mental health, and to reduce birth complications for the mother and baby, particularly in vulnerable patient populations like the Medicaid population.
Based on challenges identified during the New York State Doula Pilot Program (2019-2023) and feedback offered by community doulas at the (2023) New York State Department of Health's Doula Medicaid Services Benefit Stakeholder Meetings, this Community Doula Expansion Fund will create a grants program to build up community-based doula organizations ("eligible providers") to actively recruit, train, and support community doulas to serve the Medicaid population.
Without adequate state support and funding, community doula organizations will be unable to effectively implement programs that will truly make Medicaid doula services avail- able to the most vulnerable populations in our state. Community doulas best understand the scope and nature of doula work in vulnerable Medicaid populations and must be consulted when structures and processes for the state program are being implemented..
A designated grant program for the Community Doula Expansion Fund will secure funding for the maintenance, recruitment, training, and administrative support of this valuable workforce as it becomes an important tool in addressing and combating maternal health disparities throughout the state. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day it shall have become a [](https://www. nysenate.
gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7779/amendment/A) S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2023-2024 Regular Sessions Introduced by Sen.
BROUK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the creation of a community doula expansion grant program; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to the community doula expansion grant THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Legislative findings.
The legislature hereby declares that poor maternal and infant health outcomes, especially when it comes to racial disparities, are a public health crisis that pose a threat to the health, welfare, and quality of life of child bearing people, infants and their families. The legislature hereby acknowledges that community- based doula care is one solution in addressing this public health crisis.
The legislature also acknowledges imbalances in how doula care is accessed in different communities. The legislature also acknowledges how doulas in the BIPOC community are integrated, or lack integration into the maternal health continuum. The legislature acknowledges that those seeking to become community-based doulas face a multitude of barriers, including institutional barriers, within the healthcare continuum.
The legislature hereby finds the importance in establishing a dedicated fund to support community-based doulas and community-based doula organizations. This fund would be assisting those trying to navi- gate the Federal and State Medicaid frameworks for doula care to become community-based doulas. Which would be one step in solving the existing barriers to those seeking equitable prenatal, intranatal, and postpartum § 2.
Article 25 of the public health law is amended by adding a new title 3-A to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. SECTION 2560. COMMUNITY DOULA EXPANSION GRANT PROGRAM.
2562. RULES AND REGULATIONS. § 2560.
COMMUNITY DOULA EXPANSION GRANT PROGRAM. THE COMMUNITY DOULA EXPANSION GRANT PROGRAM IS ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. § 2561.
DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS TITLE: 1. "ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS" SHALL MEAN COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING FOR THE RECRUITMENT, TRAINING, LICENSING, SUPPORTING, AND/OR MENTORING OF COMMUNITY-BASED DOULAS.
2. "COMMUNITY-BASED DOULA" SHALL MEAN A CERTIFIED DOULA THAT PROVIDES CULTURALLY SENSITIVE PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION, EARLY LINKAGE TO HEALTH CARE, AND AIDS BIRTHING PERSONS IN NAVIGATING OTHER SERVICES AND SUPPORTS THAT THEY MAY NEED TO BE HEALTHY. § 2562.
RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A RECEIVE FUNDING IN THE PERFORMANCE OF RECRUITMENT, TRAINING, LICENSING, SUPPORTING, AND/OR MENTORING OF COMMUNITY-BASED DOULAS.
SUCH ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS SHALL MEET PROFESSIONALLY RECOGNIZED TRAINING STANDARDS, COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE STATE LAW AND REGULATIONS, AND SHALL BE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING CULTURALLY CONGRUENT CARE. 2. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED, WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED FOR SUCH PURPOSE, TO MAKE GRANTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBDIVISION.
SUCH GRANTS MAY BE USED FOR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ADMINISTRATION, FACULTY RECRUITMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, START-UP COSTS AND OTHER COSTS INCURRED FOR PROVIDING RECRUITMENT, TRAINING, LICENSING, SUPPORTING, AND/OR MENTORING OF COMMUNITY-BASED DOULAS. 3.
THERE SHALL BE AN EMPHASIS OF APPROPRIATING GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS THAT SPECIFICALLY TRAIN, RECRUIT, AND EMPLOY DOULAS FROM HISTORICALLY VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, BIPOC DOULAS, AND BILINGUAL DOULAS. THIS CAN INCLUDE GRANTS FOR DOULA APPRENTICE PROGRAMS. 4.
THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CREATE AND MAINTAIN AN AWARENESS AND OUTREACH PROGRAM. THE AWARENESS AND OUTREACH PROGRAM SHALL BE ESTAB- AVAILABLE GRANTS AND FUNDS TO ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS IN THE STATE. § 2563.
REPORT. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF REPORTING METRICS TO BE INCLUDED IN A REPORT DUE ON DECEMBER THIRTY- FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, TO THE GOVER- NOR, TO THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AND TO THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY.
THE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE THE COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF REPORTING METRICS AND SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF GRANTS ISSUED, THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS, AND THE REGION OF THE STATE WHERE THE ELIGIBLE PROVIDER IS LOCATED. § 3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-rr to § 99-RR.
COMMUNITY DOULA EXPANSION GRANT PROGRAM FUND. 1. THERE IS COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "COMMUNITY DOULA EXPANSION GRANT PROGRAM FUND".
2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONIES APPROPRIATED THERETO FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION SHALL PREVENT THE STATE FROM RECEIVING GRANTS, GIFTS OR BEQUESTS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE FUND AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION AND DEPOSITING THEM INTO THE FUND ACCORDING TO LAW.
3. MONIES SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF 4. THE MONIES IN SUCH FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED FOR THE COMMUNITY DOULA TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
§ 4. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
(D, WF) 31st Senate District (D, WF) 52nd Senate District Current Committee: Assembly Health Law Section: Public Health Law Laws Affected:Add Art 25 Title 3-A §§2560 - 2563, Pub Health L; add §99-rr, St Fin L [](https://www. nysenate.
gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7779/amendment/A) Creates a community doula expansion grant program to support community-based doulas and community-based doula organizations; provides funding for recruitment, training, certification, supporting, and/or mentoring of community-based doulas. [](https://www. nysenate.
gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7779/amendment/A) ## 2023-S7779A - Sponsor Memo An act to amend the public health law, in relation to the creation of a community doula expansion grant program; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to the community doula expansion grant program fund PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To establish a Community Doula Expansion Fund grant program for eligible providers to receive funding towards the training and/or certification of community-based doulas who provide culturally sensitive pregnancy and childbirth education and/or support, and/or funding for other community doula organization functions that could include but are not limited to: mentorship, peer support, professional development/continuing education, apprentice programs, data collection, as well as other related start-up costs associated with community doula organizations offering individual doulas assistance with Medicaid program enrollment and Medicaid and managed care organization (MCO) claims submission and claims denial Section 1.
States the legislative findings of this bill. Section 2. Amends Article 25 of the public health law by adding a new title 6a which provides for the set up of a Community Doula Expansion Program.
The new title 6A will contain new sections 2593, 2593a, 2593b, 2593c. Section 2593 establishes the Community Doula Expansion Program. Section 2593a provides the definitions for the new title.
Section 2593b provides the rules and regulations for the new title. Section 2593c provides the details of the report for the program. Section 3.
Amends the state finance law by adding new section 99-rr to establish a Community Doula Expansion Fund under joint custody between the state comptroller and commissioner of taxation and finance. Section 4. Establishes the effective date.
Maternal mortality has devastating impacts on communities, children, and families across New York State. Mortality as it relates to maternal health is a public health crisis, as well as a human rights crisis.
According to recent reporting (2022) from the New York State Department of Health, comparative to other states New York ranks 23rd in the nation Black women face more than five times the risk of mortality than white women in New York.
Data analysis by the New York State Department of Health indicates that up to 78% of maternal deaths in this state are preventable, and that racial discrimination plays a role in these nega- tive health outcomes.
The three most common causes of pregnancy-related deaths for women in New York are embolism, hemorrhage, and mental health A doula is a trained, non-clinical professional who provides physical, emotional, and informational support to a pregnant person before, during, and after childbirth.
Community doulas, in particular, are trained to provide culturally sensitive pregnancy and childbirth educa- tion that helps women navigate systems to connect to the services and supports they need to be healthy.
Providing better access to community doula care and support services is a proven way to address maternal morbidity and maternal mental health, and to reduce birth complications for the mother and baby, particularly in vulnerable patient populations like the Medicaid population.
Based on challenges identified during the New York State Doula Pilot Program (2019-2023) and feedback offered by community doulas at the (2023) New York State Department of Health's Doula Medicaid Services Benefit Stakeholder Meetings, this Community Doula Expansion Fund will create a grants program to build up community-based doula organizations ("eligible providers") to actively recruit, train, and support community doulas to serve the Medicaid population.
Without adequate state support and funding, community doula organizations will be unable to effectively implement programs that will truly make Medicaid doula services avail- able to the most vulnerable populations in our state. Community doulas best understand the scope and nature of doula work in vulnerable Medicaid populations and must be consulted when structures and processes for the state program are being implemented..
A designated grant program for the Community Doula Expansion Fund will secure funding for the maintenance, recruitment, training, and administrative support of this valuable workforce as it becomes an important tool in addressing and combating maternal health disparities throughout the state. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day it shall have become a [](https://www. nysenate.
gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7779/amendment/A) S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2023-2024 Regular Sessions Introduced by Sen.
BROUK -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the creation of a community doula expansion grant program; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to the community doula expansion grant THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1.
Legislative findings. The legislature hereby declares that poor maternal and infant health outcomes, especially when it comes to racial disparities, are a public health crisis that pose a threat to the health, welfare, and quality of life of child bearing people, infants and their families. The legislature hereby acknowledges that community- based doula care is one solution in addressing this public health crisis.
The legislature also acknowledges imbalances in how doula care is accessed in different communities. The legislature also acknowledges how doulas in the BIPOC community are integrated, or lack integration into the maternal health continuum. The legislature acknowledges that those seeking to become community-based doulas face a multitude of barriers, including institutional barriers, within the healthcare continuum.
The legislature hereby finds the importance in establishing a dedicated fund to support community-based doulas and community-based doula organizations. This fund would be assisting those trying to navi- gate the Federal and State Medicaid frameworks for doula care to become community-based doulas. Which would be one step in solving the existing barriers to those seeking equitable prenatal, intranatal, and postpartum § 2.
Article 25 of the public health law is amended by adding a new title 3-A to read as follows: EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. SECTION 2560. COMMUNITY DOULA EXPANSION GRANT PROGRAM.
2562. RULES AND REGULATIONS. § 2560.
COMMUNITY DOULA EXPANSION GRANT PROGRAM. THE COMMUNITY DOULA EXPANSION GRANT PROGRAM IS ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT. § 2561.
DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS TITLE: 1. "ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS" SHALL MEAN COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING FOR THE RECRUITMENT, TRAINING, CERTIFICATION, SUPPORTING, AND/OR MENTORING OF COMMUNITY-BASED DOULAS.
2. "COMMUNITY-BASED DOULA" SHALL MEAN A CERTIFIED DOULA THAT PROVIDES CULTURALLY SENSITIVE PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION, EARLY LINKAGE TO HEALTH CARE, AND AIDS BIRTHING PERSONS IN NAVIGATING OTHER SERVICES AND SUPPORTS THAT THEY MAY NEED TO BE HEALTHY. § 2562.
RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A RECEIVE FUNDING IN THE PERFORMANCE OF RECRUITMENT, TRAINING, CERTIF- ICATION, SUPPORTING, AND/OR MENTORING OF COMMUNITY-BASED DOULAS.
SUCH ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS SHALL MEET PROFESSIONALLY RECOGNIZED TRAINING STAND- ARDS, COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE STATE LAW AND REGULATIONS, AND SHALL BE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING CULTURALLY CONGRUENT CARE. 2. THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED, WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED FOR SUCH PURPOSE, TO MAKE GRANTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBDIVISION.
SUCH GRANTS MAY BE USED FOR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ADMINISTRATION, FACULTY RECRUITMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, START-UP COSTS AND OTHER COSTS INCURRED FOR PROVIDING RECRUITMENT, TRAINING, CERTIFICATION, SUPPORTING, AND/OR MENTORING OF COMMUNITY-BASED DOULAS. 3.
THERE SHALL BE AN EMPHASIS OF APPROPRIATING GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS THAT SPECIFICALLY TRAIN, RECRUIT, AND EMPLOY DOULAS FROM HISTORICALLY VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, BIPOC DOULAS, AND BILINGUAL DOULAS. THIS CAN INCLUDE GRANTS FOR DOULA APPRENTICE PROGRAMS. 4.
THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CREATE AND MAINTAIN AN AWARENESS AND OUTREACH PROGRAM. THE AWARENESS AND OUTREACH PROGRAM SHALL BE ESTAB- AVAILABLE GRANTS AND FUNDS TO ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS IN THE STATE. § 2563.
REPORT. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF REPORTING METRICS TO BE INCLUDED IN A REPORT DUE ON DECEMBER THIRTY- FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-FOUR AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, TO THE GOVER- NOR, TO THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AND TO THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY.
THE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE THE COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF REPORTING METRICS AND SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF GRANTS ISSUED, THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS, AND THE REGION OF THE STATE WHERE THE ELIGIBLE PROVIDER IS LOCATED. § 3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-rr to § 99-RR.
COMMUNITY DOULA EXPANSION GRANT PROGRAM FUND. 1. THERE IS COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "COMMUNITY DOULA EXPANSION GRANT PROGRAM FUND".
2. SUCH FUND SHALL CONSIST OF ALL MONIES APPROPRIATED THERETO FROM ANY OTHER FUND OR SOURCE PURSUANT TO LAW. NOTHING CONTAINED IN THIS SECTION SHALL PREVENT THE STATE FROM RECEIVING GRANTS, GIFTS OR BEQUESTS FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE FUND AS DEFINED IN THIS SECTION AND DEPOSITING THEM INTO THE FUND ACCORDING TO LAW.
3. MONIES SHALL BE PAYABLE FROM THE FUND ON THE AUDIT AND WARRANT OF 4. THE MONIES IN SUCH FUND SHALL BE EXPENDED FOR THE COMMUNITY DOULA TWENTY-FIVE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH LAW.
§ 4. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed on or before such effective date.
(D, WF) 31st Senate District (D, WF) 52nd Senate District ## 2023-S7779B (ACTIVE) - Details Current Committee: Assembly Health Law Section: Public Health Law Laws Affected:Add Art 25 Title 3-A §§2560 - 2563, Pub Health L; add §99-rr, St Fin L [](https://www. nysenate.
gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7779/amendment/A) ## 2023-S7779B (ACTIVE) - Summary Creates a community doula expansion grant program to support community-based doulas and community-based doula organizations; provides funding for recruitment, training, certification, supporting, and/or mentoring of community-based doulas. [](https://www. nysenate.
gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7779/amendment/A) ## 2023-S7779B (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo An act to amend the public health law, in relation to the creation of a community doula expansion grant program; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to the community doula expansion grant program fund PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL: To establish a Community Doula Expansion Fund grant program for eligible providers to receive funding towards the training and/or certification of community-based doulas who provide culturally sensitive pregnancy and childbirth education and/or support, and/or funding for other community doula organization functions that could include but are not limited to: mentorship, peer support, professional development/continuing education, apprentice programs, data collection, as well as other related start-up costs associated with community doula organizations offering individual doulas assistance with Medicaid program enrollment and Medicaid and managed care organization (MCO) claims submission and claims denial Section 1.
States the legislative findings of this bill. Section 2. Amends Article 25 of the public health law by adding a new title 6a which provides for the set up of a Community Doula Expansion Program.
The new title 6A will contain new sections 2593, 2593a, 2593b, 2593c. Section 2593 establishes the Community Doula Expansion Program. Section 2593a provides the definitions for the new title.
Section 2593b provides the rules and regulations for the new title. Section 2593c provides the details of the report for the program. Section 3.
Amends the state finance law by adding new section 99-rr to establish a Community Doula Expansion Fund under joint custody between the state comptroller and commissioner of taxation and finance. Section 4. Establishes the effective date.
Maternal mortality has devastating impacts on communities, children, and families across New York State. Mortality as it relates to maternal health is a public health crisis, as well as a human rights crisis.
According to recent reporting (2022) from the New York State Department of Health, comparative to other states New York ranks 23rd in the nation Black women face more than five times the risk of mortality than white women in New York.
Data analysis by the New York State Department of Health indicates that up to 78% of maternal deaths in this state are preventable, and that racial discrimination plays a role in these nega- tive health outcomes.
The three most common causes of pregnancy-related deaths for women in New York are embolism, hemorrhage, and mental health A doula is a trained, non-clinical professional who provides physical, emotional, and informational support to a pregnant person before, during, and after childbirth.
Community doulas, in particular, are trained to provide culturally sensitive pregnancy and childbirth educa- tion that helps women navigate systems to connect to the services and supports they need to be healthy.
Providing better access to community doula care and support services is a proven way to address maternal morbidity and maternal mental health, and to reduce birth complications for the mother and baby, particularly in vulnerable patient populations like the Medicaid population.
Based on challenges identified during the New York State Doula Pilot Program (2019-2023) and feedback offered by community doulas at the (2023) New York State Department of Health's Doula Medicaid Services Benefit Stakeholder Meetings, this Community Doula Expansion Fund will create a grants program to build up community-based doula organizations ("eligible providers") to actively recruit, train, and support community doulas to serve the Medicaid population.
Without adequate state support and funding, community doula organizations will be unable to effectively implement programs that will truly make Medicaid doula services avail- able to the most vulnerable populations in our state. Community doulas best understand the scope and nature of doula work in vulnerable Medicaid populations and must be consulted when structures and processes for the state program are being implemented..
A designated grant program for the Community Doula Expansion Fund will secure funding for the maintenance, recruitment, training, and administrative support of this valuable workforce as it becomes an important tool in addressing and combating maternal health disparities throughout the state. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day it shall have become a [](https://www. nysenate.
gov/legislation/bills/2023/S7779/amendment/A) S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 2023-2024 Regular Sessions Introduced by Sens.
BROUK, FERNANDEZ, JACKSON, WEBB -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee -- recommitted to the Committee on Women's Issues in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec.
8 -- reported favorably from said committee and committed to the Commit- tee on Finance -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the public health law, in relation to the creation of a community doula expansion grant program; and to amend the state finance law, in relation to the community doula expansion grant THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1.
Legislative findings. The legislature hereby declares that poor maternal and infant health outcomes, especially when it comes to racial disparities, are a public health crisis that pose a threat to the health, welfare, and quality of life of child bearing people, infants and their families. The legislature hereby acknowledges that community- based doula care is one solution in addressing this public health crisis.
The legislature also acknowledges imbalances in how doula care is accessed in different communities. The legislature also acknowledges how doulas in the BIPOC community are integrated, or lack integration into the maternal health continuum. The legislature acknowledges that those seeking to become community-based doulas face a multitude of barriers, including institutional barriers, within the healthcare continuum.
The legislature hereby finds the importance in establishing a dedicated fund to support community-based doulas and community-based doula organizations. This fund would be assisting those trying to navi- gate the Federal and State Medicaid frameworks for doula care to become community-based doulas.
Which would be one step in solving the existing EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. barriers to those seeking equitable prenatal, intranatal, and postpartum § 2. Article 25 of the public health law is amended by adding a new title 3-A to read as follows: SECTION 2560.
COMMUNITY DOULA EXPANSION GRANT PROGRAM. 2562. RULES AND REGULATIONS.
§ 2560. COMMUNITY DOULA EXPANSION GRANT PROGRAM. THE COMMUNITY DOULA EXPANSION GRANT PROGRAM IS ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT.
§ 2561. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS TITLE: 1.
"ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS" SHALL MEAN COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS PROVIDING FOR THE RECRUITMENT, TRAINING, CERTIFICATION, SUPPORTING, AND/OR MENTORING OF COMMUNITY-BASED DOULAS. 2. "COMMUNITY-BASED DOULA" SHALL MEAN A CERTIFIED DOULA THAT PROVIDES CULTURALLY SENSITIVE PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION, EARLY LINKAGE TO HEALTH CARE, AND AIDS BIRTHING PERSONS IN NAVIGATING OTHER SERVICES AND SUPPORTS THAT THEY MAY NEED TO BE HEALTHY.
§ 2562. RULES AND REGULATIONS. 1.
THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A RECEIVE FUNDING IN THE PERFORMANCE OF RECRUITMENT, TRAINING, CERTIF- ICATION, SUPPORTING, AND/OR MENTORING OF COMMUNITY-BASED DOULAS. SUCH ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS SHALL MEET PROFESSIONALLY RECOGNIZED TRAINING STAND- ARDS, COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE STATE LAW AND REGULATIONS, AND SHALL BE CAPABLE OF PROVIDING CULTURALLY CONGRUENT CARE. 2.
THE COMMISSIONER IS AUTHORIZED, WITHIN AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED FOR SUCH PURPOSE, TO MAKE GRANTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS SUBDIVISION. SUCH GRANTS MAY BE USED FOR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE ADMINISTRATION, FACULTY RECRUITMENT AND DEVELOPMENT, START-UP COSTS AND OTHER COSTS INCURRED FOR PROVIDING RECRUITMENT, TRAINING, CERTIFICATION, SUPPORTING, AND/OR MENTORING OF COMMUNITY-BASED DOULAS. 3.
THERE SHALL BE AN EMPHASIS OF APPROPRIATING GRANTS TO ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS THAT SPECIFICALLY TRAIN, RECRUIT, AND EMPLOY DOULAS FROM HISTORICALLY VULNERABLE COMMUNITIES, BIPOC DOULAS, AND BILINGUAL DOULAS. THIS CAN INCLUDE GRANTS FOR DOULA APPRENTICE PROGRAMS. 4.
THE COMMISSIONER SHALL CREATE AND MAINTAIN AN AWARENESS AND OUTREACH PROGRAM. THE AWARENESS AND OUTREACH PROGRAM SHALL BE ESTAB- AVAILABLE GRANTS AND FUNDS TO ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS IN THE STATE. § 2563.
REPORT. THE COMMISSIONER SHALL ESTABLISH A COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF REPORTING METRICS TO BE INCLUDED IN A REPORT DUE ON DECEMBER THIRTY- FIRST, TWO THOUSAND TWENTY-SIX AND ANNUALLY THEREAFTER, TO THE GOVERNOR, TO THE TEMPORARY PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE, AND TO THE SPEAKER OF THE ASSEMBLY.
THE REPORT SHALL INCLUDE THE COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF REPORTING METRICS AND SHALL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE TOTAL AMOUNT OF GRANTS ISSUED, THE NUMBER OF ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS, AND THE REGION OF THE STATE WHERE THE ELIGIBLE PROVIDER IS LOCATED. § 3. The state finance law is amended by adding a new section 99-rr to § 99-RR.
COMMUNITY DOULA EXPANSION GRANT PROGRAM FUND. 1. THERE IS COMMISSIONER OF TAXATION AND FINANCE A SPECIAL FUND TO BE KNOWN AS THE "COMMUNITY DOULA EXPANSION GRANT PROGRAM FUND".
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Community-based doulas and community-based doula organizations. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
Community Doula Expansion Grant Program (Proposed) is funded by New York State (Legislative Initiative). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
Start from the official opportunity page linked in this listing — it carries the sponsor's submission instructions.
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