MEDICAID: Provides relative to Medicaid reimbursement for services provided by a licensed midwife or certified nurse midwife. (8/1/23) (EN +$39,972 GF EX See Note)
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
Senate Passage
Jun 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced Mar 30, 2023
Signed Jun 8, 2023
Floor votes · Senate May 10, 2023 · House May 30, 2023
How they voted
30–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 32
May 10, 2023
D
Democratic10
90% Yea
R
Republican22
95% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
6
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Jun 4, 2023
Upper · Passed
Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 38 yeas and 0 nays.
upper
May 30, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 103, nays 0. Finally passed, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 17, 2023
Introduced
Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments.
lower
May 16, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably (13-0). Referred to the Legislative Bureau.
lower
May 11, 2023
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
May 10, 2023
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and sent to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
May 8, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 19, 2023
Committee
Read by title. Committee amendments read and adopted; ordered engrossed and recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
Apr 18, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported with amendments.
upper
Apr 10, 2023
Committee
Introduced in the Senate; read by title. Rules suspended. Read second time and referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
upper
1 primary · 22 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Regina Barrow
DDemocratic
Co
Adrian Fisher
DDemocratic
Co
BA
Beryl Amedée
RRepublican
Co
Candace Newell
DDemocratic
Co
Cedric Glover
DDemocratic
Co
Delisha Boyd
DDemocratic
Co
Denise Marcelle
DDemocratic
Co
Dustin Miller
DDemocratic
Co
Ed Larvadain
DDemocratic
Co
Francis Thompson
RRepublican
Co
Jason Hughes
DDemocratic
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