Revision: Feb. 1, 2024, 8:55 a.m.
Senate Executive Departments and Administration
January 31, 2024
2024-0402s
05/08
Amendment to SB 337-FN
Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following:
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 to certify lactation service providers. The doula and lactation consultants certified by the office of professional licensure shall be credentialed by an organization accredited by the American National Standards Institute, the National Commission for Certifying Agencies, or another nationally or internationally recognized accreditation organization identified by the office of professional licensure. 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 racially 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.