Full Text of HB0004 101st General Assembly
HB0004ham001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. LaToya Greenwood Filed: 1/31/2020
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by | 5 | | adding Section 5-18.5 as follows: | 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/5-18.5 new) | 7 | | Sec. 5-18.5. Doula and evidence-based home visiting | 8 | | services. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, | 9 | | doula services and evidence-based home visiting services shall | 10 | | be covered under the medical assistance program for persons who | 11 | | are otherwise eligible for medical assistance under this | 12 | | Article. For the purposes of this Section, a perinatal doula is | 13 | | a trained provider who provides regular, voluntary physical, | 14 | | emotional, and educational support, but not medical or midwife | 15 | | care, to pregnant and birthing persons before, during, and | 16 | | after childbirth, otherwise known as the perinatal period. |
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| 1 | | Perinatal doula services include regular visits beginning in | 2 | | the prenatal period and continuing into the postnatal period, | 3 | | inclusive of continuous support during labor and delivery, | 4 | | which support healthy pregnancies and positive birth outcomes. | 5 | | Perinatal doula services may be embedded in an existing | 6 | | program, such as evidence-based home visiting. For the purposes | 7 | | of this Section, home visiting is a voluntary, evidence-based | 8 | | strategy used to support pregnant people, infants, and young | 9 | | children and their caregivers to promote infant, child, and | 10 | | maternal health, foster educational development and school | 11 | | readiness, and help prevent child abuse and neglect. Home | 12 | | visitors are trained professionals whose visits and activities | 13 | | focus on promoting strong parent-child attachment to foster | 14 | | healthy child development. | 15 | | The Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in | 16 | | consultation with the State Board of Education, the Governor's | 17 | | Office of Early Childhood Development, and the Department of | 18 | | Human Services, shall adopt rules to administer this Section, | 19 | | including setting forth the certification and training | 20 | | requirements for perinatal doulas and home visitors eligible | 21 | | for reimbursement under Illinois' State Medicaid Plan, as well | 22 | | as the reimbursement rates for the provision of services to | 23 | | eligible persons. The Department of Healthcare and Family | 24 | | Services shall seek such State plan amendments or waivers as | 25 | | may be necessary to implement the provisions of this Section | 26 | | and to secure federal financial participation for State |
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| 1 | | Medicaid expenditures under the federal Medicaid program. The | 2 | | Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall consult with | 3 | | the Illinois Early Learning Council on issues of | 4 | | implementation, and may request additional guidance from an | 5 | | advisory body of the Illinois Early Learning Council comprised | 6 | | of experts with knowledge of perinatal doula and home visiting | 7 | | services and perinatal health.
| 8 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 9 | | 2021.".
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